Add a New Association

The Measure Association section allows the user to define a name for this Association, and parameters relating to the distance between the reference items can be set if required. The Create Association option creates the Association element in the current Association storage area (see Management of Stored Associations).

The section with heading Associations between these objects shows all Associations currently defined that relate the primary item to the partner item. This allows the user to view existing Associations before creating a new Association that may duplicate an existing geometrical constraint.

1. When the Create Association option is pressed, the window changes to allow the Association just created to be inspected and modified if necessary.

   The list headed Associations between these objects changes to show only the name of the Association being modified, and the result of testing this Association.

   

2. The selected reference planes, parameters and name can be changed, and the changes saved to the database by pressing the Apply Changes option.

3. Clicking on Back restores to the previous window.

4. Right-clicking on the Association in the table provides the following functions:

   Navigate To	Make this Association the current element.
   Test this Association	Test this Association and refresh the result displayed in the Test Result column.
   Association Details	Shows a window which provides details of the Association elements and geometry, for example: