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Select the component elements, which can be: Profiles, Solids, Features, Components and X-Components, Boolean Operations, Mating constraints. To select an object:
- Simply click on it in the model
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- Right-click on the corresponding icon in the Model Structure and select Add in the context menu.
As soon as an element is selected, a "lightening" symbol will be displayed on the element icon in the Model Structure.
To change the current selection, click Select under Selections in the Properties tab and perform selection again.
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Set the Smart Object Properties
| a | Define the Name of the Smart Object.
You can also associate a short Description with it, just to explain what the Smart object should be used for. The description can be viewed in the Palette before inserting the Smart Object. |
| b | Define its Anchor point, when it isn't uniquely identified. To change the current anchor point, click Select and select a new anchor point. |
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Set the Smart Object Options
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Set the Automatic break flag value, to define whether the Smart Object has to be exploded into its component elements or not at insertion time. |
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Set the Read-only flag value:
- When the check box is NOT selected, the Smart Object can be redefined using the Redesign Smart Object command
- When the check box is selected, the Smart Object cannot be redefined.
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Set the Smart Object Parameters. As soon as an object is selected, the Parameters tab displays the Smart Object parameters. Change the default prompt for each parameter (optional) and define whether it has to be Exposed (i.e.: explicitly requested when instancing) or not.
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a | Boxes in the Message column can be edited to change the prompt to be displayed as a request for the parameter when inserting the Smart Object into the model. If you are to use the messages in more than one language, you can localize them using the Message File commands of the palette. |
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b | Boxes in the Name column can be edited to change the parameter name |
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c | Boxes in the Expression column can be edited to assign the parameter an expression |
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d | Boxes in the Value column can be edited to change the parameter value |
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e | Check the Exposed box to have the parameter value explicitly requested at insertion time. Check the Show only exposed check box to hide all the not exposed parameters in the table. |
If an assembly component has been selected, the Component parameters will be checked and you will be enabled to add their dimensions to the parameter table by using the Select button and clicking on them.
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| 5 | Define the mandatory geometric references to be requested at insertion time (position point, profile, face, ...)
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a | Boxes in the Message column can be edited to change the prompt to be displayed as a request for the reference to be selected at insertion time. After writing the prompt you can add a ";" character and write the label to be displayed on the corresponding item in the Selection List.
If you are to use the messages in more than one language, you can localize them using the Message File commands of the palette |
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b | Boxes in the Type column can be edited to change the type of entity to be selected as a reference at insertion time |
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| 6 | Optionally define a set of Configurations: predefined values corresponding to all the exposed parameters. You can modify the ones that are automatically propose by the think3 application and/or add your own.
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a | Boxes in the Conf. Name column can be edited to change/define the name of the configuration |
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The Clear Conf. and Clear table buttons can be used to delete respectively one or all the defined configurations.
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Select OK or Apply. The Smart Object will be defined and its icon will be displayed in the Model Structure. To see the component elements in the Model Structure, click the "+" sign adjacent to the Smart Object icon. |