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| active component | A selected component currently being edited. This component is underlined in the specification tree. | ||||||||||||
| active object | An object currently being edited. | ||||||||||||
| angle constraint | A constraint used to define an angle or parallelism between two geometric elements. | ||||||||||||
| assembly | An entity composed of various components which have been positioned relative to each other. | ||||||||||||
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| bill of material | A list of data about the properties of the components contained in the active component. | ||||||||||||
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| child component | One or more components originating from a single component. Compare parent component. | ||||||||||||
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coincidence constraint |
A constraint used to align two geometric elements, or get them to coincide. | ||||||||||||
| component | A reference integrated in an assembly. A component possesses characteristics related to how it is integrated in an assembly (for example, its relative location in an assembly). | ||||||||||||
| constraint | A geometrical or dimensional relation between several geometric elements of different components. It may be used to define the positioning of components. | ||||||||||||
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context-specific representation |
A hierarchical design of an assembly in a specific context (for example: engineering or manufacturing). | ||||||||||||
| contact constraint | A constraint used to define a contact area between two elements (tangent or coincident). | ||||||||||||
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| fixed component | A component for which all degrees of freedom are locked, in relation to the parent component. | ||||||||||||
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| geometric element | The geometric elements which can
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| leaf component | The last component at the end of each branch of the specification tree. | ||||||||||||
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| manipulation | A freehand translation or rotation of a component with the mouse. | ||||||||||||
| model | A CATIA Version 4 model. | ||||||||||||
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| offset constraint | A constraint used to define a distance or an offset between two geometric elements. | ||||||||||||
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| parent component | A component that is hierarchically just above one or more components. Compare child component | ||||||||||||
| part | Within the Assembly workbench, it is either a part of the Part Design workbench, or a 3D entity whose geometry is contained in a model. | ||||||||||||
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primary child component |
One or more components originating from the first level under the active component. | ||||||||||||
| product | A 3D entity which contains several components. | ||||||||||||
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| reference | A product or part with its own characteristics. Compare component. | ||||||||||||
| representation | See context specific representation. | ||||||||||||
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| search order | A hierarchical set of paths used when searching for the files included in the assembly. The search begins with the first path, and stops when the file is found. | ||||||||||||
| snap | Projects a geometric element onto another one. | ||||||||||||
| subassembly | An assembly contained within another assembly. | ||||||||||||
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| update | In the Assembly workbench, updates the position of the constrained components so as to satisfy the constraint requirements. | ||||||||||||