Engineering connection

The Engineering connection options let you customize default properties of engineering connections, for Assembly Design.

Select this tab to access options for:

Constraints creation



Select the desired option:


  • Use any geometry: allows you to select any geometrical element.
  • Use published geometry of child components only: allows you to select any published element belonging to child components. For more information about publication, refer to Managing a Product Publication in the Assembly Design documentation.
  • Use published geometry of any level: allows you to select any published element.

By default, the Use any geometry option is selected.

Note:

If you are a DS Passport customer, you can read the Knowledge Base for more information about publication selection in an engineering connection.

Constraint



The Snap command is based on an ordered list of constraints to be created by the application. The setting available here lets you reorder the list of constraints having priority when applying the Snap command to the selected geometrical elements. Select the constraint type you wish to reorder and click the arrows to the right of the selection to reorder the selected constraint.

By default, the ordered list is the following:


  • Surface Contact
  • Fix together relatively
  • Fix together
  • Coincidence
  • Offset
  • Angle
  • Parallelism
  • Perpendicularity
Create verified constraints first

Defines whether you want to create verified constraints with the Snap command.

By default, this option is not selected.

File-based Design Import of Broken Constraints



Select the desired option:


  • Imported but deactivated: imports broken constraints but deactivated.
  • Imported as is: imports broken constraints.
  • Never imported: never imports broken constraints.

By default, the Imported but deactivated option is selected.

Interferences



Show warning

Allows you to display or hide the interferences warning message during engineering connection creation.

By default, this option is selected.

Important:

This option is available even if you have not installed configurations or products containing the Interference Management product.

Engineering connection visualization



Show visualization
Allows you to display or not engineering connections in geometry area, when selected in specification tree or through a constrained component selection.

By default, this option is not selected.