Create Managed Hole with a Fitting

Fitting Definition

The top part of the fitting definition tab allows you to select a fitting from the catalog. The selected fitting is displayed in the graphical view. Click Properties to display any standard modifiable common properties. Click Plotfile to display any associated fitting plotfile.

When you click Pick Penetrated Item, you are prompted to identify the panel where a managed hole needs to be placed. The position picked is the initial location of the hole, but this can be modified in the next step.

Hole Position and Orientation

X Offset and Y Offset values for the fitting on the selected panel can be entered, and the fitting can be rotated using the spin box.

Align in X and Align in Y allows you to move the shape to a new position by aligning the origin of the shape with an item selected in the 3D view.

The position input option allows the X and Y offset values to be set simultaneously, pick a position on the panel.

Adjust fitting orientation

The fitting can be switched between the front and back face of the panel, pick the appropriate option.

Code

A production code is stored with managed hole data, the code can be extracted and used by a production system.

Note:
The production code entered in the system is stored in a dataset under the managed hole association along with other managed hole data. The data element has DKEY= PCOD. The values stored in this data element is a string.