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Click Create . Alternatively, type USERCREATE on the command line, and press ENTER.
The Define User Shape dialog box displays.
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Type the name of the user shape in the Name box.
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Select a group for the user shape from the Group list.
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Select a user shape number in the Number list. The available numbers are 1 through 5.
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Select a specification in the Specification list.
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Select the color of the user shape in the Color list.
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Type the layer number of the component in the Layer box.
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If available, select the material information for the user shape in the Material list.
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Type the density of the component in the Density box.
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Type the weight of the component in the Weight box.
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Type the length of the component in the Length box.
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If you want the user shape saved in the catalog, then select the Save to catalog check box.
This is the default setting.
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Select Optional Component to make this component an optional component.
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Select Polyline in the Type list.
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Select the main size in the Main Size list.
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If the component reduces, select the Reducing check box.
The Reducing Size list becomes available.
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Select the reducing size in the Reducing Size list.
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Do not mix reducing and non-reducing components in the same file.
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Click Select.
Select polyline.
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Select the polyline that defines the shape.
Pick insertion point.
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Select the insertion point on the model.
Pick end point.
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Select the end point on the model.
The prompt below only displays if you have a reducing component in the user shape.
Set start connection as reducing [Yes/No]<No>.
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Select the option that you need.
The Define User Shape dialog box displays.
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To give all connections the same end type and rating, select Apply same end type and rating to all ends; otherwise complete the following:
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Select a connection from the Connection list.
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Select an end type from the End type list.
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Select an Isogen symbol from the Isogen Sym. list.
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Type the Component Class or accept the default.
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Type the Temperature Rating.
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Type the Pressure Rating.
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Repeat steps a through f until you define all connections.
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Type the Isogen identifier in the Identifier box.
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Select an SKEY in the SKEY list.
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Select the bill of material type in the BOM Type list.
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Type the sort sequence for the user shape in the Sort Sequence box.
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If you want to change the default folder location of the user shape, click Browse, or type the location in the Folder box.
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Type the long description in the Long box, or click Browse to set the description format. The data file uses the long description.
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Type the short description in the Short box, or click Browse to set the description format.
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Type the part number in the Part Number box, or click Browse to set the description format.
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Type the tag information in the Tag box, or click Browse to set the description format.
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Type notes in the Notes box, if needed.
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Click OK.
The software creates the user shape.
The user shape becomes available on the Misc toolbar. For more information on placing the user shape, see Place a symmetrical user shape in the drawing or Place a nonsymmetrical user shape in the drawing.