Defining an Engineering Connection

You can define an engineering connection from a list. When you are clicking Engineering connection templates, a set of constraints and configurations (constraint modes and supports) are suggested.

Before you begin: Open an existing product.
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About Engineering Connections
Engineering Connection Assistant

  1. Make sure that nothing is already selected in the geometry or in the Specification Tree.

  2. Click Engineering Connection .

    The Engineering Connection Definition dialog box appears.



    Important:

    The Engineering Connection Assistant toolbar appears.

    These options help you to select/show relevant or irrelevant components to a regular engineering connection, to use constraints in an engineering connection in order to position components.

  3. Select Prismatic as engineering connection Type .

    The Engineering Connection Definition dialog box is updated:

    • Engineering Connection Type is locked .
    • Engineering connection templates is enabled .



    Important:

    According to the selected engineering connection type, Engineering connection templates is enabled or not.

  4. Click Engineering connection templates .

    The Engineering Connection Definition dialog box is updated: a set of constraints and configurations (constraint modes and supports) are suggested.



  5. Click again Engineering connection templates .

    The Engineering Connection Definition dialog box is updated: another set of constraints and configurations (constraint modes and supports) are suggested.



    Tip:

    Click Engineering connection templates as many times as needed to find the desired configuration.

  6. Select geometries in the assembly according to the pre-selected element, or select another element then the geometry.

  7. Click OK in the Engineering Connection Definition dialog.

    The Prismatic.1 engineering connection is created.

    Important:

    While the Positioning Mode option is on , no engineering connection is created although you click OK in the Engineering Connection Definition dialog box.