Plant Layout

Preface

Using This Guide

What's New?

Getting Started

Enter the Workbench

Create a Plant Site

Create a Building

Create an Equipment Reservation

Create a Walkway

Set Correct Working Units and Grid

Changing the Current Axis

Saving Documents

Updating Documents

User Tasks

Basic Layout Tools

Making an Element Active

Aligning Elements

Creating a Temporary Axis

Analyzing Object Information and Attributes

Disable/Enable Manipulation Handles

Activating the Product or Parent

Using the Step Input Box and Construction Elements

Using Areas

Create Area by Size and Location

Creating an Area by Defining Two Corners

Create an Area by Selecting inside Boundary

Create an Area by Selecting the Lines of a Boundary

Moving a Rectangular Contour of an Area

Resizing the Contour of an Area

Moving an Area

Saving an Area in a Separate Document

Making an Area Pickable

Using Boundaries

Creating a Boundary

Stretching a Boundary

Using Item Reservations

Creating an Item Reservation

Moving an Item Reservation

Resizing an Item Reservation

Rotate Item Reservation with Definition Dialog Box

Create Item Reservation at Compass Base Plane

Save Item Reservation in Separate Document

Creating an Item Reservation Over a Resource

Creating an Item Reservation on a Defined Plane

Copying an Item Reservation

Using Resources

Place Resource Exact Distance from Another

Placing Parts in a CATProduct Drawing

Detecting Clash in Parts Placement

Placing Resources on Different Planes

Creating a Parent-Child Relationship

Rotate Resource Using the Definition Dialog Box

Snap Resources Together

Snap and Rotate a Resource

Quick Snap Resources

Using Quick Translate to Move Objects

Creating a Path Reservation

Creating a Path Reservation

Routing with Defined Nodes

Routing From the End of a Routable

Branching a Path Reservation

Using Routables

Using the Definition Dialog Box

Positioning a Branch

Routing Using the Compass Base Plane

Connecting Routables

Disconnecting Routables

Create a Closed Loop Run

Open a Closed Run

Changing a Section

Changing the Angle of a Segment

Moving Nodes

Inserting Nodes

Display Information About Routables

Fit Segment for Parts Assembly

Position Segment Relative to a Plane

Transfer Run to Another Document

Breaking a Run

Managing Systems

Creating a System Assembly

Creating a Network

Saving in Separate Document

Creating a Logical Set

More Layout Tools

Using Offset Planes and Advanced Offset Planes

Using Construction Planes

Moving Multiple Elements

Changing the Properties of Multiple Elements

Distributing Elements

Mirroring Elements

Rearranging the Specifications Tree

Measuring Distance Between Elements

Tasks for Path Reservations

Routing Path Reservations With a Slope

Routing Path Reservations in Any Direction

Routing from an Item Reservation

Fixing Broken Routables

Edgeline: Routing Parallel to a Run

Tasks for Areas

Performing an Inclusion Analysis

Generating a Footprint Report

Creating Area with Multiple Contours

Creating and Modifying Connectors

Create Connectors

Use the Compass to Manipulate Connectors

Modifying or Deleting Connectors

Creating Duplicate Connectors

Using the Plane Manipulator

Place Connector on Hole in V4 Model

Resources

Change the Reference File for a Part

Change the Parameters of a Part

Customizing

Customizing Settings

General

Display

Creating Custom Reports

Defining the Report Format

Generating a Report

Cache Mode

Working in Cache Mode

Customizing the Dictionary of Types

Customizing: Example

Customizing: Procedure

Searching User-Created Dictionary Entries

Customizing the Specifications Tree Display

Creating a Catalog

Creating Parts

Creating a Catalog

Making a Catalog Accessible

Catalog Keywords

Generating a Part Catalog Report

Resource Properties for Objects

Workbench Description

Plant Layout Toolbar

General Design Toolbar

General Environment Toolbar

Product Placement Toolbar

Glossary

Index