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Using Generative View Styles (GVS) gives you access to the
dress-up capabilities in the Drafting workbench when working on Electrical
Harness Flattening documents.
The Automatic Generation
command allows you to
automatically generate and update
wire annotations, text templates and technological feature dimensions on
electrical components in the Drafting workbench.
Automatic generation options are stored within the GVS.
For example: the definition of the bundle segment template, with a
predefined type of text template.
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Open the flattened document.
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Switch to the Drafting workbench and open a new drawing
document.
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Click Front View
and select the top-face of the rectangular connector as Plane.
The drawing document updates according to this choice: |
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Click
Automatic Generation
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The drawing is updated according to the generative view style
previously defined: |
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What is generated?
Text Templates on:
- Bundle segments
- Protective coverings
- Supports
- Connectors (single insert connectors, ground studs, internal splices,
external splices, terminal strips and terminal blocks)
- Back shells.
Wire Annotations on:
- Bundle segments
- Connectors (single insert connectors, ground studs, internal splices,
external splices, terminal strips and terminal blocks)
Technological Feature Dimensions on:
- Bundle segments
- Protective coverings.
Support sections:
- A ditto for each support section, with
- Appropriate labels on the support itself and on the
section for easy identification
as defined in the generative view style.
They are placed at a default location but can be moved for better
legibility or presentation.
To do so:
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Drag
the annotation you want to move
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Release the mouse button when you are satisfied
with the new position.
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If you modify the original 3D document for example to:
- Change a bundle segment diameter
- Change a connector position
- Add or remove a branch, etc.
You will need to update the drawing.
To do so:
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First
click Synchronize
to reflect the modifications of the geometry on the
the flattened document.
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Then
click Update Current Sheet
to reflect the modifications of the geometry on the drawing.
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Finally
click
Update Dress-up
to:
- Delete the text templates, dimensions, wire
annotations and support sections no longer used
- Add the new ones corresponding to the modifications of
the geometry
- Update the existing ones, keeping the position if it has
previously been
changed.
Note: This command
updates text templates created manually by the user as well as
those generated automatically via the Automatic Generation
command. |
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Text Template Creation and GVS
It is recommended to create the text template with a
leader to allow the dress-up update in the context of the automatic
generation. If you don't want it to display in the drawing, use the same
color for the font as for the background.
Using Automatic Generation or Update Dress-up
To get modifications made by the administrator to the
characteristics of a generative view style (refer to Administration Tasks),
or to change the generative view style for a drawing, the user must:
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Import the GVS of
interest
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Update the
drawing using Update Current Sheet
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Either click
Update Dress-up
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the imported GVS applies to the new text templates only.
Or, Automatic Generation
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the imported GVS applies to the whole drawing sheet.
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