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Chapter 7.  PARTdesigner parametric tool

Table of Contents

7.1. License selection dialog box at Floating licensing
7.2. Function
7.3. GUI
7.4. A small example from A to Z
7.5. The individual menu areas
7.5.1. History
7.5.1.1. What are Features?
7.5.1.2. Part (name) context menu
7.5.1.2.1. Part information... (part)
7.5.1.2.2. Insert Fixed plane...
7.5.1.2.3. Exchange base planes (part)
7.5.1.2.4. Import foreign geometries
7.5.1.2.5. Dependencies... (part)
7.5.1.2.6. Search
7.5.1.2.7. Rotate (assembly)
7.5.1.2.8. Pan (assembly)
7.5.1.2.9. Mirror
7.5.1.2.10. Level of Detail
7.5.1.2.10.1. Configuration
7.5.1.2.10.1.1. Context menu commands
7.5.1.2.10.1.2. General adjustments
7.5.1.2.10.1.3. Special adjustments
7.5.1.2.10.2. Workflows
7.5.1.2.10.3. pdetailopt.cfg - Settings
7.5.1.2.10.3.1. Block MAIN
7.5.1.2.10.3.2. Block CONFIGNAMES
7.5.1.2.10.3.3. CATALOGS, DIRECTORIES, PROJECTS Blocks
7.5.1.2.10.3.4. Tabulation
7.5.1.2.10.3.5. Export of neutral formats and 2D derivation
7.5.1.3. Context menu base plane
7.5.1.3.1. Settings... (base plane)
7.5.1.3.2. New sketch... (base plane)
7.5.1.3.3. New 2-D sketch... (base plane)
7.5.1.3.3.1. Buttons in connection with New 2D drawing
7.5.1.3.3.1.1. Text
7.5.1.3.3.1.2. Polyline
7.5.1.3.3.1.3. ellipses
7.5.1.3.3.1.4. Insert hatch
7.5.1.3.3.1.5. Dimensioning mode
7.5.1.3.4. Dependencies... (Plane Feature)
7.5.1.3.5. Insert new plane... (Plane Feature)
7.5.1.3.6. Delete plane (Plane Feature)
7.5.1.3.7. Visible (Plane Feature)
7.5.1.3.8. Paste sketch
7.5.1.4. Sketch context menu
7.5.1.4.1. Edit...
7.5.1.4.2. Duplicate sketch
7.5.1.4.3. Construction sketch
7.5.1.4.4. Base
7.5.1.4.4.1. Extrude...
7.5.1.4.4.2. Rotate...
7.5.1.4.5. Cut
7.5.1.4.5.1. Extrude...
7.5.1.4.5.2. Rotate...
7.5.1.4.6. Copy (only sketch)
7.5.1.4.7. Cut (including dependencies) - Move complete history tree
7.5.1.4.8. Rename
7.5.1.4.9. Delete...
7.5.1.4.10. Show error...
7.5.1.4.11. Dependencies...
7.5.1.4.12. Visible in this configuration
7.5.1.4.13. Set mark
7.5.1.5. Extrusion and/or rotation feature context menu
7.5.1.5.1. Edit... (Base extrusion / Cut extrusion)
7.5.1.5.2. Show error... (Base extrusion / Cut extrusion)
7.5.1.5.3. Rename... (Base extrusion / Cut extrusion)
7.5.1.5.4. Delete... (Base extrusion / Cut extrusion)
7.5.1.5.5. Dependencies... (Extrusion feature)
7.5.1.5.6. Convert to cut / Convert to base
7.5.1.5.7. Set mark
7.5.2. 3D view
7.5.2.1. Line view
7.5.2.2. Zoom / Move
7.5.2.3. Magnifying glass
7.5.2.4. Transparency
7.5.2.5. Animation / Set rotation center
7.5.2.6. Display published elements and show text attributes
7.5.2.7. Select perspective
7.5.2.8. Define section cut...
7.5.2.9. Measurement of 3D parts
7.5.2.10. Print
7.5.2.11. Face attributes
7.5.2.11.1. Assign face attributes
7.5.2.11.2. Set face attributes to several faces at once
7.5.2.11.3. Texture and color changes are also displayed in PARTdesigner
7.5.2.11.4. Edit / display attributes already used in the Face class browser
7.5.2.11.5. Face attributes
7.5.2.11.6. The individual Face attributes
7.5.2.11.6.1. Color
7.5.2.11.6.2. Render material
7.5.2.11.6.3. Surface
7.5.2.11.6.4. Text
7.5.2.11.6.4.1. CAD text attribute on face
7.5.2.11.6.4.2. HTML text attribute on face
7.5.2.11.6.4.3. Text fields in 3D view connected to variables
7.5.3. Variables
7.5.3.1. Apply new variable - Commit
7.5.3.2. Change variable value
7.5.3.3. Delete variable
7.5.3.4. Delete unused
7.5.3.5. Import...
7.5.3.6. Rename
7.5.3.7. Replace with content
7.5.4. Sketcher (feature based)
7.5.4.1. Overview of user interface
7.5.4.2. Launching the 2-D Sketcher
7.5.4.2.1. Create new sketch
7.5.4.2.2. Edit sketch
7.5.4.3. Function buttons
7.5.4.3.1. Basics for use
7.5.4.3.2. Point
7.5.4.3.2.1. Connection points for assembly construction
7.5.4.3.2.1.1. General connection points
7.5.4.3.2.1.2. Name conventions for Connection points and Insertion lines
7.5.4.3.2.1.3. Direction of connection points
7.5.4.3.2.1.4. Connection points at miters
7.5.4.3.2.1.5. Connection points at connection elements
7.5.4.3.2.1.6. Create Connection line
7.5.4.3.2.2. Create pattern
7.5.4.3.2.2.1. Create pattern with same alignment
7.5.4.3.2.2.2. Create rotated pattern
7.5.4.3.2.2.2.1. Create pattern with circular orientation
7.5.4.3.2.2.2.2. Angular borings
7.5.4.3.2.2.2.3. Arrange borings to points of reference
7.5.4.3.2.2.2.4. Move point of reference of rotated pattern
7.5.4.3.2.2.3. Irregular patterns
7.5.4.3.2.3. Sweep
7.5.4.3.2.4. Connection points as Published elements for automatic placement in the CAD
7.5.4.3.3. Line
7.5.4.3.4. N-edge
7.5.4.3.5. Circle
7.5.4.3.6. Arc
7.5.4.3.7. Delete
7.5.4.3.8. Copy, mirror, rotate
7.5.4.3.9. Attributes
7.5.4.3.10. Edit existing geometry
7.5.4.3.11. Threads
7.5.4.3.11.1. Cylindrical thread by length
7.5.4.3.11.1.1. Outer thread with example pin
7.5.4.3.11.1.1.1. Pitch thread
7.5.4.3.11.1.1.2. Fine thread - variants
7.5.4.3.11.1.2. Inner thread using the example of a cap nut
7.5.4.3.11.2. Conical thread by lengths
7.5.4.3.11.2.1. Pitch thread
7.5.4.3.12. File management
7.5.4.3.12.1. *.dbs-, *.skt bzw. *.hsk files - "Insert sketch" window
7.5.4.3.12.2. Window „DXF Import“
7.5.4.4. History tree
7.5.4.5. Context menus
7.5.4.5.1. Mark dependent elements
7.5.4.5.2. Change parameter
7.5.4.5.3. Functions - PARTdesigner Expressions
7.5.4.5.4. Rotation axis
7.5.5. 2D view
7.6. Menus
7.6.1. File
7.6.1.1. New
7.6.1.2. New Drawing
7.6.1.3. Open file
7.6.1.4. Close
7.6.1.5. Save and Save as......
7.6.1.6. Part information
7.6.1.7. Recent parts
7.6.1.8. Tables last opened
7.6.1.9. Close
7.6.2. View
7.6.2.1. History manager
7.6.2.2. 2D view
7.6.2.3. 3D view
7.6.2.4. Variable Manager
7.6.2.5. Sketcher
7.6.2.6. Table window
7.6.3. Extras
7.6.3.1. Settings...
7.6.3.1.1. PARTdesigner tab page
7.6.3.1.2. Sketcher (conv.) tab page
7.6.3.1.3. Sketcher (feat.) tab page (based on feature)
7.6.3.1.3.1. Color settings
7.6.3.1.3.2. Performance
7.6.3.1.3.3. Grid
7.6.3.1.4. Formula optimizer tab page
7.6.3.1.5. Other tab pages
7.6.3.2. Show all toolbars
7.6.3.3. Calculate volume and center of gravity
7.6.3.4. Find EPSILON values...
7.6.4. Window
7.6.4.1. Cascade windows
7.6.4.2. Tile
7.6.4.3. Arrange automatically
7.6.5. ? (Help)
7.7. Button commands of toolbars
7.7.1. Standard toolbar
7.7.1.1. New file
7.7.1.2. Save / Save as...
7.7.1.3. Open main dialog window
7.7.1.4. Search
7.7.1.5. Automatic recalc on/off
7.7.1.6. Test part
7.7.2. 3D view toolbar
7.7.3. Extended 3D toolbar
7.7.4. Select Level of Detail of part
7.7.5. Export
7.7.5.1. Case 1 - Export 3-D part to 3-D CAD system
7.7.5.2. Case 2 - Export 3-D part to 2-D CAD system
7.8. Functions - PARTdesigner-Expressions

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Normally you should launch PARTdesigner only from PARTproject. However, if you directly launch PARTdesigner in a special case, a selection dialog could possibly appear when using Floating licensing. See next section on this.