Create Active Parts

Access: First activate the required parting assembly in the Parting tree.

Then select one of the following:

Create Active from the Parting Guide
Parting / Create Active Parts from the main menu.

All the Active Parts have been assigned to Assemblies.

denoted by gray icons

In this example, the Active Part Core left is selected in the Active Parts Tree. The assigned position is displayed in red in the Assembly Tree.

This functionality works both ways - selecting an assigned Active Part in the Assembly Tree will highlight the item in the Active Parts Tree.

Note: Assigned items are denoted by:
- gray icons
- names displayed in red.

The assigned Active Part Core right is selected in the Assembly Tree. Note that its position in the Active Parts Tree is displayed in red with a gray icon.	Active Part Core right is unassigned and the Core right part is deleted from the Assembly Tree. Note that its position in the Active Parts Tree is still displayed in red, however, its icon is no longer gray. Core left is displayed in red because it is selected in the Assembly Tree, however, its icon is gray -meaning that it is assigned.

An unassigned Active Part can be assigned (the Assign button is available.	A previously assigned Active Part (its icon is grayed out and its assigned position in the Active Parts Tree is displayed in red), cannot be assigned again. Only the relevant button is displayed.

Create Active Parts

Create assembly parts, holding the active parts created in the previous step, and place them into the appropriate assembly or part.

The end result of this operation is that all the Active Parts have been assigned to Assemblies, and may look something like this:

All items in the Active Parts Tree can be identified in the display by clicking the appropriate item. Some examples of this are shown below, such as identifying:

In addition, assigned items can also be identified between the trees; for example, an assigned Active Part in the Assemblies Tree can be identified by selecting the appropriate entry in the Active Parts Tress, and vice versa. Identified items in trees are denoted by gray icons and names displayed in red.
Example:

However, not all names displayed in red are necessarily items identified between trees; items that were previously assigned, but are now unassigned, are also displayed in red in the Parting Tree, however their icons are not gray.
Example:

The Assign/Unassign, etc. buttons are displayed only when a legal operation can be carried out. For each operation only the relevant buttons are displayed.
Example:

Switch to the MoldDesign environment and also export the contents of the Active Parts assigned to Assemblies (including the active faces, parting surfaces and stocks defined in the Work or Parting Surface Part) into the appropriate parts. Each destination will include a new feature - PartingExport.

Note: After the first Switch to MoldDesign where the contents of the Active Parts assigned to Assemblies are exported into the appropriate parts, each subsequent Switch to MoldDesign also updates the export contents - if necessary.

The parting assembly is suppressed and the systems accesses the MoldDesign environment.

	Save the results of the Active Parts assigned to Assemblies and close the dialog.
	Switch to MoldDesign and also export the results of the Active Parts assigned to Assemblies (including the active faces, parting surfaces and stocks by sets) into the appropriate parts.
	Close the dialog without saving. All information entered in the current session will be lost. A warning message is displayed.

The Assembly Tree before running the Export operation.	The Assembly Tree after running the Export operation. Notice that the parting assembly has been suppressed.