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This task explains how to add categories to structural objects to further customize the appearance of your drawings. |
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The categories you can add are the ones
defined in the Feature Dictionary Editor.
These categories display in the Class Browser when you select a structural object command in your 3-D session (for example, Plate or Stiffener). |
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As detailed in Using Generative View Styles, the sample XML file, Structure_GVS.xml, allows you to set various parameter values for the following structural objects.
Additionally, you can add categories to these structural objects, and assign specific parameter values to them. The categories you can add are the ones defined in the Feature Dictionary Editor. You can also define new categories in the Feature Dictionary Editor, and then add these newly-defined categories to the XML file. |
As an example, the XML file explains how to generate graphic replacement
for plates, and is set up as follows:
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Shell is an existing category for Plate defined in
the Feature Dictionary Editor. In the XML file, you can add Shell
under Plate, and assign it specific parameter values from those available
for Plate. For example, if you want to assign certain ViewType parameter values for Shell that differ from ViewType parameter values assigned to other Plates, add Shell under plate in the sample XML file, and add the parameters under Shell. NOTE: Only add parameters under Shell that differ from Plate parameter values. In this example, you differentiate the Shell category from Plate by assigning it different annotation text styles.
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