Creating a PLM Template

You can create PLM Templates which are features that allow architects to create structured, reusable entities that any user can access to instantiate at design time. In the following example, you are going to created a PLM Template based on a tow hook.

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Instantiating a PLM Template Containing Meta Inputs

  1. Open a Product and save it in the database.



  2. Select PLM Access > New.

  3. Expand the All types node and select Knowledge Template. Click Next.

  4. Enter the name of the template (TowHook in this example) and click Finish.

  5. In the Components tab, click Add reference... The Select a reference to insert in the template dialog box is displayed.

    Note: The Action to perform after duplication option enables you, for each root of the template, to select the Instantiate in a Product or the Open option.

  6. Enter the name of the Product and click Search to search for the Product you saved in the database.



  7. Select it in the list and click OK.

  8. In the Components to keep section, click all components except the Bolt and click .



  9. Click the Inputs tab. In our example, we expand the Support node. The inputs are displayed.

  10. Click Add. The Select inputs dialog box is displayed. Select Surface.1, Curve.1, and Surface.2.



  11. Assign them a role in the Name field:

    Curve.1 CurveOnExteriorSurface Surface.2; Surface.2 ExteriorSurface; Surface.2CylindricalSurface.

  12. Click the Parameters tab to add parameters, expand the Support node and click Add... in the Parameters in representations section. The Select parameters window opens.

  13. Select Tube_Thickness and Plate_Thickness and click the right arrow to move them to the Selected objects column.



  14. Click the TowHook node and click Add in the Components attributes section.

  15. In the Name field, enter TowHook part number.

  16. Click the Support node and click Add in the Components attributes section.

  17. In the Name field, enter Support part number.

  18. Click the Liner node and click Add in the Components attributes section.

  19. In the Name field, enter Liner part number.

  20. Click the Axis node and click Add in the Components attributes section.

  21. In the Name field, enter Axis part number. The Part numbers are added to the tree.



    The PLM Template is created.

  22. Save your template and close it.

Important: You must have deletion rights on the objects you created for your templates to work smoothly.