Defining the Define Vehicle Data Combination for the IndirectVision Object

In this topic, the expert user creates a combination that will enable the end-user to insert a vehicle into his product.

  1. Open the IndirectVisionStep01.CATfct file.

  2. Click the IndirectVision object in the specification tree and click the Sequential Combination icon (). Double-click IndirectVision to display the Behaviors tree, then SequentialCombination: IndirectVision is displayed in the Behaviors tab.

  3. Double-click IndirectVision in the Behaviors tab, then the SequentialCombination node. The Sequential Combination editor is displayed.

    • Enter Define vehicle data in the Name field.

    • Select the icon you want to associate with the behavior (optional). Click OK to validate.

  4. Click the Define vehicle data behavior and click the Load Behavior icon (). LoadDocument is displayed in the Behaviors tab.

  5. Double-click the LoadDocument node. The Load Document editor is displayed.

    • In the Properties tab, select Expert&Administrator from the scrolling list of the Behavior States and select the Activate check box.  
    • Click OK to validate.
    When the file path is unset for a Doc based behavior, a File Open box will open at the beginning of the operation in the User Workbench.

  6. Click the Define vehicle data combination and click the Bind Object behavior icon ().

  7. Double-click the Bind Object node. The Bind Object editor is displayed.

    • In the Relative Name field, enter ../../..
      ".." indicates that the bind must be performed on the upper level. This string is the third father of the Bind Object and will be, in the User Workbench, the product associated with the IndirectVision type.
    • In the Properties tab, select Expert from the scrolling list of the Behavior States and select the Activate check box.  
    • Click OK to validate.
    At this stage, the behaviors tree is similar to the one opposite.

  8. Click the Define vehicle data combination and click the Insert Components Behavior icon (). An InsertComponents behavior is displayed in the Behaviors tab.

  9. Double-click the InsertComponents node. The InsertComponents editor is displayed.

    • In the Name field, enter Component Creation.
    • From the Definition scrolling list, select Existing Component.
    • Click the Existing component field, expand the LoadDocument node and selection the output Document.
    • Click the Father product field, expand the BindObject node and select the output Link.
    • Set the number of instances to 1.
    • Click OK to validate.

  10. Save your file and proceed to the next task: Defining the "Define Driver" Combination on the IndirectVision Object. (To see the result .CATfct file, click here.)