Instantiate Template Behavior: Data Sheet

 

Accessing this behavior This behavior can be accessed by clicking the Instantiate Template Behavior icon () in the Reuse toolbar.
Describing this behavior This behavior enables you to instantiate a Power Copy, a UDF or a Document Template. The expert user specifies where the template will be instantiated. For a Power Copy and a UDF, it is a part or a body, otherwise it is a product. 
When defining this behavior, the expert user creates a few inputs that will be valuating the inputs of the template during operation. With the Instantiate Template behavior, the expert user has two ways to instantiate the template feature into the user workbench :
  • With the standard instantiation window, so that you will valuate the inputs when operating the behavior, through selection or through the Use Identical name functionality.
  • Without the standard instantiation window. To do so, the expert user will have to pre-valuate the inputs of the template feature on the behavior.

For the indirect instantiation, three different valuation modes enable the expert user to pre-valuate the inputs of the template feature :

  • Use Identical Name: Is similar to Use Identical Name that you can use in the standard instantiation window.
  • Inputs Initialization: Enables you to valuate the inputs of the template feature by adding inputs to the behavior. To do so, use Add in the Defined inputs and parameters field. This option is to be selected for parameters or geometric features only.
    • Add a variable whose name is identical to the UDF input to valuate.
    • Valuate this variable (link for example). 
      This option enables you to automate the instantiation for if all inputs are declared and initialized on the behavior, they will be valuated in the template and the standard instantiation window will not display.
  • Best Strategy: Uses Use Identical Name if need be and valuates the remaining inputs by using the specifications indicated by the expert user:
Note that Document templates can now be instantiated using BKT.
For more information about UDFs, PowerCopies and Document Templates, see Product Knowledge Template User's Guide and Part Design User's Guide.
More information Note that the output feature of this behavior is a User Feature feature, the instantiated product of the document template, or <unset> if the input was a power copy.
Using this Behavior Interface

Name:  Name attributed to the behavior.
Comment: Comment attributed to the behavior.
Definition Template feature: Indicate the name of the template feature valuated by:
  • The output of a catalog
  • The output of a Bind PowerCopy/Bind User Feature
Logical resource to open Arm path When working in an ARM environment, click ARM Browser to navigate to the ARM catalog that contains the template and select this template. For more information about ARM, see CATIA Infrastructure User's Guide.
Instantiation context Destination: Indicate the instantiation destination. The destination can be a Part, a PartBody, a Geometrical Set or a Product, depending on the type of the template feature.
Valuation Mode: See above. 
Defined inputs and parameters:  Use this field to add, modify or delete parameters. For more information, see the FilterCatalog Behavior. 
More Information To get an example, see Creating a User Workbench: Defining the "Define Driver" Combination on the IndirectVision Object and Using the Instantiate Template behavior.