Automatically Generated MDS Structural Associations

The MDS Structural Associations are created automatically during the creation/modification of a MDS standard framework support structure, when the creation mode used is Cursor or Clearance , and the user graphically identifies the main structural element(s) from which the MDS structure SCTN element(s) will be supported.

The figure below shows a typical MDS support created by Cursor :

Figure 2:41. MDS Support created by cursor

The MDS Structural Associations are automatically generated for the MDS support, shown in the picture above, in a ASSOWL element created automatically and named to reflect the SITE name where the MDS supports are being created, that means, the ASSOWL name will follow the convention <sitename>-MDS-ASSOWL.

The figure below shows the typical hierarchy of the MDS supports ZONE and their structural associations ASSOWL:

Figure 2:42. Typical MDS hierarchy

A similar hierarchy to one shown above would also exist for the automatically generated associations when creating the MDS Support by Clearance