Miscellaneous Symbols

 Bodies and PartBodies

Depending on the chosen environment type, icons representing bodies (and partbodies) are assigned distinct colors as summarized in this table:

Environment type  Solid body Body Insert Body command
Solid body
Body
Note

When creating a new body (using Insert->Body or Insert->Body in a Set), the icon associated to the inserted body is assigned the green color in the specification tree.
 
PartBody  

 

 A Part Body. This type of partbody can include solids, wireframe and surface elements.

The icon identifying part bodies is:

  • green in a hybrid environment (default environment).
  • yellow in a non-hybrid environment.
PartBody A solid PartBody. This type of Part Body cannot include wireframe nor surface elements.

The icon identifying solid part bodies is:

  • gray in a hybrid environment (default environment)
  • green in a non-hybrid environment.
Body.3  

 

 A Body. This type of body can include solids, wireframe and surface elements.

The icon identifying bodies is:

  • green in a hybrid environment (default environment).
  • yellow in a non-hybrid environment.
Body.1 A solid body. This type of body cannot include wireframe nor surface elements.

The icon identifying solid bodies is:

  • green in a non-hybrid environment.
  • gray in a hybrid environment (default environment).

 Miscellaneous
xy plane xy plane, yz plane or zx plane. You can click the desired reference plane either in the geometry area or in the specification tree.
Body.1 A model with a geometrical representation.
Sketch.1 Sketch. For more information about Sketcher Workbench, refer to : Entering the Sketcher Workbench in Sketcher User's Guide.
AbsoluteAxis Absolute Axis: contains information about Origin, HDirection and VDirection.
Origin Origin. 
HDirection HDirection or VDirection.
Geometry Geometry (Point, Line,...): Wireframe and Surfaces features.
Constraints Constraints: Parallelism, Perpendicularity, etc.
face Publication : a CATPart or CATProduct element is published that is to say its geometrical data is exposed. For more information refer to Managing a Product Publication in Assembly User's Guide.
Hole.1 Assembly hole. For detailed information about Assembly features, refer to Assembly Design User's Guide Version 5. 
Open_body.1 External references branch of the part : external geometry (a face, a point or a line) is copied/imported from driving parts to contextual parts that are being driven (Design in context). You can customize External References as follows: select Tools > Options > Infrastructure > Part Infrastructure, click the General tab and check the Keep links with selected object option.
  Product4 A product in NO SHOW mode. For information about the SHOW/NO SHOW modes, see Displaying Hidden Objects in Infrastructure's User Guide.
Part5 A part in NO SHOW mode. For information about the SHOW/NO SHOW modes, see Displaying Hidden Objects in Infrastructure's User Guide.
The Sketcher symbol is by default in NO SHOW mode.