User Design Parameters

The User Design Parameters tab displays the design parameters that the user can modify during the creation or subsequent modification of a support. The example displays component AT01 with a bore size of 20mm. The user can modify two of the design parameters for AT01:

• Design parameter 2 - support length, which contains minimum and maximum values of 100mm and 350mm.

• Design parameter 5 - support height, which contains minimum and maximum values of 50mm and 180mm.

When the user modifies the values using the Supports application, the minimum and maximum values are checked and a warning message displays if any values are outside of the allowable ranges. You must make sure suitable minimum and maximum values are input for the design parameters.

In some situations it may be necessary to restrict a user-editable parameter to a single value. For example, for AT01 with 20mm bore, the shoe height can be fixed to 100mm to match the component available in a given supplier catalog. In this case the minimum and maximum values are both set to 100.