Curved Panels

Curved panels are part of the design structure, that means, registered in blocks, in exactly the same way as plane panels.

However, there is an important difference between plane panels and curved panels. All the parts belonging to a plane panel are generated/created as an integrated part of the panel generation (with the exception of panel brackets that must be established separately and then are connected to the panel).

In contrast to this a curved panel is a pure "container object" and it serves only for collection of parts that have been generated "by themselves" before the panel can be established. No additional attributes can be added to parts via the panel. Thus the curved panel always has external references to its parts, quite in analogy with how a plane panel refers to its panel brackets.

The purpose of the curved panel is mainly to support the extraction of production output, calculation of support jigs, views in drawings,