Creating Unspecified Curve Beads  

This task shows you how to create a BiW Unspecified Curve Bead.
  There are several ways to create a curve bead:
  • a joint and a joint body are already created: click the desired icon and select the joint body in the selection tree.
  • a joint and a joint body are already created: select the joint body in the selection tree and click the desired icon (here is the example used for our scenario).
  • no joint body is created. Select the components or the publications, and click the desired icon: a joint and a joint body are created if needed.

Open the ABF_CurveBead.CATProduct document.
 
Make sure the curve bead Fastener Type is set up in the standard file.

  1. Select the joint body in the specification tree.

  2. Click BiW CurveBead in the Unspec Process toolbar.

    The BiW CurveBead Fastener Definition dialog box opens.

  3. Specify whether you wish to use the existing standard or not.

    If a standard has been imported, a curve bead is created using this standard. If not, you are able to define your own values for each attribute.

  4. Define the curve bead's following parameters:

  5. Click OK to create the curve bead along the original curve.

    The curve bead (identified as Joint Element.xxx) is added to the specification tree, under the Joint Body node.
Annotations can be automatically created during the fastener creation. For more information, refer to Creating Fastener Annotations Automatically.