Displays the controls used to place lapped plates.
Properties
Opens the Lapped Plate Part Properties Dialog, which you use to view and modify the properties of the lapped plate part. The initial lapped plate properties default from the parent plate system, if there is one, or from the selected structural specification.
Select Lapped-To Parts
Select the plate system, or standalone plate part to which to lap the new plate. You can select the plate part in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer.
Boundaries
Define the outside boundaries of the lapped plate. You can define the boundaries by selecting objects in the model or by drawing the boundaries. If you select objects in the model, and those objects are moved, the software automatically resizes the lapped plate to maintain the boundary relationship.
Select Side of Plate
Define the side of the lapped-to plate on which to create the lapped plate. You define the side of plate graphically by moving the pointer in the graphic view to change a direction arrow. The lapped part thickness direction is always away from the selected side of the plate part.
Finish
Places the plate part using the defined parameters.
Define Boundary Controls
Pick Boundaries
Selects objects in the model or in the Workspace Explorer to define the boundaries. This option is only available when you are defining the boundaries.
After you select a boundary plate, press SHIFT to select the Pick Edges option. Press SHIFT again to return to the Pick Boundaries option.
Pick Edges
Selects free edges on plates to define the boundary. This option is available when you select a plate in the Pick Boundaries step.
Solve Ambiguity
Clarifies the required boundary. If the boundaries that you selected can form the object boundary in more than one way, then you have defined an ambiguous boundary. The software prompts you to select multiple bounded areas to Solve ambiguous boundaries.
Boundary List
Opens the Boundary List Dialog. This dialog allows you to review and define the boundaries.
Boundary Curve
Draws the boundaries. This option is only available when you are defining the boundaries.
Sketching Plane
Selects the sketching plane for the boundary.
Add Intersecting Item
Allows you to select objects in the model that intersect the sketching plane to use as reference geometry. You see the selected objects in the Sketch 2D environment.
Add Projection Item
Allows you to select objects in the model that do not intersect the sketching plane that you want to use as reference geometry. The software projets the objects onto the sketching plane, and you see the selected objects in the Sketch 2D environment.
Constraint Table
Opens the Constraint Table dialog from which you can modify sketch curve constraint values without going back into the Sketch 2D environment. A sketch curve must have already been defined in Sketch 2D before this option is available.
Type
Displays the constraint type. You cannot edit the type.
Name
Displays the constraint name. You cannot edit the name.
Value
Defines the constraint value. Include the units of measurement when you edit the value: deg, mm, in, and so forth. You cannot edit a value if it is derived by a formula.
Value Type
Displays the value type: angle, radial, linear, and so forth. You cannot edit the value type.
Formula
Displays the formula used to derive the constraint value. You cannot edit formulas, nor can you edit values derived by formulas.
Layers
Filters which constraints display in the dialog based on the Sketch 2D layer to which they belong. By default, all constraints on all layers display.
Sketch 2D
Opens the Sketch 2D environment in which you can draw the boundary.
Auto
Allows the software to automatically add all objects that are relative to the object to be sketched to a select set. The Workspace Explorer and the graphics view highlight items in the select set. If the software adds no objects to the select set, a message displays in the status bar. This option is only available when you use the Add Intersecting Item or the Add Projection Item option. See Sketch 2D Best Practices.
Define Plane Controls
Offset from Plane
Defines a plane at a specified offset distance from another plane. An offset distance of 0 defines a coincident plane.
Plane by Point and Vector
Defines a plane using a vector normal to the plane being defined. A third point defines the plane position along the vector.
Plane by Three Points
Defines a plane using three points that you identify in the model.
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Offset Lock
Locks the Offset value, disabling updates of the offset value by moving the pointer in a graphic view. The Lock option is only available when you use the Offset from a Plane method.
Offset
Specifies the offset distance from the selected grid plane or planar model object. You can specify the offset dynamically by moving the mouse in a graphic view or by typing the distance. This option is only available when you use the Offset from a Plane method. You can type the following formats for offset values:
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Offset distance without units.
Example: 5, when default units are millimeters (mm). The software converts the distance to 5 mm.
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Offset distance with units. The value converts to the default units.
Example: 5 m, when default units are millimeters (mm). The software converts the distance to 5000 mm.
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Coordinate System: Frame plus or minus an offset distance.
Example (when the model has multiple coordinate systems): CS_0:F20 + 1.5 m
Example (when the model has one coordinate system): F20 + 1.5 m
Select Vector
Specifies a vector normal to the required plate system plane. This option is only available when you use the Plane by Point and Vector plane method.
Define Point
Specifies the point along the vector at which to place the plate system. This option is only available when you use the Plane by Point and Vector plane method.
Define Point 1
Specifies the location of the first of three points that defines the plane. This option is only available when you are using the Plane by Three Points plane method.
Define Point 2
Specifies the location of the second of three points that defines the plane. This option is only available when you are using the Plane by Three Points plane method.
Define Point 3
Specifies the location of the third of three points that defines the plane. This option is only available when you are using the Plane by Three Points plane method.
Parent System
Select the parent system for the plate part that you are placing.
Create New Systems using the Systems and Specifications task.
Material
Select the material for the plate part.
Grade
Select the grade for the plate part.
Thickness
Specifies the thickness of the lapped plate.
Reject
Clears all selected planes or boundaries.
Accept
Accepts all selected planes or boundaries.