Setting Up Your Session

This first task shows you how to enter the Structure Design workbench and set up your Version 5 session.

In this task, you will:
1. Select Mechanical Design -> Structure Design from the Start menu.

The Structure Design workbench is displayed.
   

Associativity

To ensure associativity between the structure you are going to create and the grid used as a construction aid, set the following options.
  2. Select Tools -> Options from the menu bar.
3. Click Infrastructure -> Part Infrastructure in the left-hand box of the Options dialog box, then select the General tab.
4. Check Keep link with selected object and Synchronize all external references for update.
   

Visualizing Parameters and Relations

To display parameters and relations in the specification tree, set the following options.
  5. Still in the Part Infrastructure category, select the Display tab.
    Check Parameters to visualize parameters in parts.
  6. Click Infrastructure -> Product Structure in the left-hand box of the Options dialog box, then select the Tree Customization tab.
  7. Set both Parameters and Relations options to Yes to visualize parameters and relations in products.
  8. Click General -> Parameters and Measure in the left-hand box, then the Knowledge tab.
    Check With value to display parameters with values.
   

Creating a Grid

You will create a simple 3D grid defining the overall dimensions of your foundation.
  9. Click the Grid icon.

The Grid Definition dialog box appears.
   
  10. Enter a name for the grid you want to create in the Name box:

The grid will be identified by this name in the specification tree.
  11. Specify Cartesian grid coordinates to define the grid:

Enter the distance between grid points in Spacing boxes (1000 X 1500 X 750 mm respectively) as well as the number of points along x, y and z axes, 1 in each case.
   
  12. Click OK to create the grid.

The grid is created and is identified in the specification tree.