Storing a Design Table in a Power Copy  

This task shows how to store a design table in a power copy for later use. In this scenario, you want to instantiate the inner and the outer cages of a ball bearing in a different context. To do so, you create a power copy only containing the outer and the inner cages of an already existing ball bearing.

This scenario is divided into the following steps:
To perform this scenario, the Product Knowledge Template license is required.
To perform this scenario, you will need the following files:
To store a design table in a Power Copy, remember to select the parameters pointed by the design table.

  1. Open the KwrBallBearing1.CATPart file. The following image is displayed.

Insert the Design Table into the CATPart File

  1. Click the Design Table icon ( ) in the Standard toolbar. The Creation of a Design Table dialog box is displayed.

  2. Select the Create a design table from a pre-existing file option and click OK. The File Selection dialog box is displayed.

  3. Select the KwrBearingDesignTable.xls and click Open.

  4. Click Yes when asked for automatic associations and click OK. The Design table is displayed below the Relations node.

Create the Power Copy

  1. From the Start->Knowledgeware menu, access the Product Knowledge Template workbench (if need be) and click the Create a PowerCopy icon. The Power Copy Definition dialog box is displayed.

  2. In the Specification tree, click the following items:

    • DesignTable.1

    • Shaft.1

    • Shaft.2

    • Shaft.3

    • Sketch.1

    • Sketch.2

    • Sketch.3

    • the Material Parameter.

    Click OK when done. The Power Copy is displayed below the PowerCopy node in the specification tree.

  3. Save your file and close it.

Instantiate the Power Copy

  1. From the File->New menu, select Part from the List of Types and click OK.

  2. If need be, from the Start->Knowledgeware menu, access the Product Knowledge Template workbench and click the Instantiate From Document icon. The File Selection dialog box is displayed.

  3. Select the KwrBallBearing1.CATPart file and click Open. The Insert Object dialog box is displayed.

  4. Click the yz plane in the specification tree and click OK. The Design Table is instantiated.