Assembly and Selpart

Purpose:

This interface is used for general managment of parts, include FE parts, Geometry parts and part display set.

Function :

Assembly : Integrated manage tool for FE parts and Geometry parts.

GPart : Manage tool for Geometry parts.

Part : Select parts to display.

Sample:

No sample.

Assembly

There are total 18 columns on the tree list, such as "Name", "Type", "Id", "Color", etc. Right click on the header or blank area of the tree list can pop a menu to set display or not of

each column.

  • Displayed : Just show displayed parts on the tree.

  • : Show all.

  • : Blank all.

  • : Reverse the display state of all FE parts and Geometry parts.

  • : Restore.

  • : List Active Only.

  • : List Inactive Only.

  • : List Finite Element Only.

  • : List Geometry Only.

  • : Search FE parts or Geometry parts.

  • Search : Input the object for search.

  • : Search down.

  • : Search up.

  • : Set search conditions.

Menu items:

  • Expand All : Expand all assembly tree items.

  • Collapse All : Collapse all assembly tree items.

  • Show All Assemblys : Show all assembly tree items, some assembly tree item may be hidden if it has no children.

  • Others : Set tree column shown/hiden.

 

 

 

Menu tool for assembly management:

  • Create Assembly : Create new assembly and make it as the current.

  • Delete Assembly : Delete selected assembly.

  • Rename Assembly : Rename selected assembly.

  • Blank Assembly : Blank selected assembly, blank all parts that belong to this assembly.

  • Unblank Assembly : Unblank selected assembly, unblank all parts that belong to this assembly.

  • Make Current : Make selected assembly as the current, new created parts will set as children of this assembly automaticly.

  • Statistics : Get statistic information for selected assembly.

  • Set Part Color : Set the same color for all parts that belong to selected assembly with Set Color Dialog.

  • Set Part Plot Mode : Set the same plot mode for all parts that belong to selected assembly.

 

Menu tool for FE part management:

  • Create part : Create new part.

  • Edit part property : Edit part property with Part Property Dialog, include "Modify part", "Assign part" and "Edit part data".

  • Delete parts : Delete selected parts.

  • Blank parts : Blank selected parts.

  • Unblank parts : Unblank selected parts.

  • Set color of parts : Set the same color for all selected parts with Set Color Dialog.

  • Set part plot mode : Set the same plot mode for all selected parts.

Menu tool for Geometry part management:

  • Blank Geoms : Blank selected geometry parts.

  • Unblank Geoms : Unblank selected geometry parts.

  • Delete Geoms : Delete selected geometry parts.

  • Set Color of Geoms : Set the same color for selected parts with Set Color Dialog.

GPart

 

Menu tool for Geometry part group management:

  • Create new : Create new geometry part group.

  • Set current : Set selected geometry part group as the current.

  • (Un)Blank : Blank or unblank selected geometry part group.

  • Delete : Delete selected geometry part group.

  • Color : Set color of selected geometry part group with Set Color Dialog.

  • Locate : Locate selected geometry part group.

  • Statistical : Get statistical information of selected geometry part group.

  • To 2.x : Convert selected geometry part group items to version 2.4.

Menu tool for Geometry item management:

  • (Un)Blank : Blank or Unblank selected geometry items.

  • Delete : Delete selected geometry items.

  • Set GPart : Set geometry part group of selected geometry items.

  • Color : Set color of selected geometry items with Set Color Dialog.

  • Locate : Locate selected geometry items.

  • Statistical : Get statistical information of selected geometry items.

  • To 2.x : Convert selected geometry items to version 2.4.

Part

  • Model selection drop down menu : For use when multiple models are loaded (Md1/Md2/Md3/etc...).

  • Beam : Select/deselect Beam elements.

  • Shell : Select/deselect Shell elements.

  • Solid : Select/deselect Solid elements.

  • Tshell : Select/deselect Tshell elements.

  • Mass : Select/deselect Mass elements.

  • Discrete : Select/deselect Discrete elements.

  • Seatbelt : Select/deselect Seatbelt elements.

  • Inertia : Select/deselect Inertia elements.

  • Rsurf : Select/deselect Rigid-surface elements.

  • SPHnd : Select/deselect SPH nodes elements.

  • Fluid : Select/deselect Fluid elements.

  • Single : Remove/Keep parts using single pick.

  • Area : Remove/Keep parts inside a user defined area.

  • Polygon : Remove/Keep parts inside a user defined region.

  • Save : Save current active parts to selected buffer.

  • Load : Load parts from selected buffer.

  • Buff(n) : Select part buffer to save/load.

  • NumOrder : Display part list as numerical order, default is user order.

  • Selected : List displayed parts only.

  • Info : Show PART Info for selected parts.

  • Rm : Remove parts inside the area/polygon.

  • Kp : Keep parts inside the area/polygon.

  • SortBy : Sort parts by prop/elform.

  • All : Select all parts.

  • None : Deselect all parts.

  • Rev : Reverse part selection.

  • Auto : Update selection automatically (Red=on).

  • Apply : Update selected parts (when Auto=off).

  • Restore : Restore the last removed part.