PLATE PART

Purpose:

This function is used to bring in plate parts from the Plate Data Bank (logical name SB_PLDB) as subpictures, into the current drawing. The purpose is partly to have a powerful visualization function for plate parts but primarily to enable interactive changes to plate parts in general.

Instructions:

1. In the Insert menu, click Plate part.

2. The name of the plate part is defined in a browser dialog, either from keyboard or from the selection list. Click OK when ready. To update the browser selection list, type a wild card name and click OK. Once selected, a level-1 subpicture containing a 'flat' view of the plate part will now be created and used for insertion in the drawing. The default drawing scale will be applied on the subpicture, before it is positioned and possibly transformed by user.

Options:

None.

Result:

The chosen plate part is inserted and transformed as required by the user.