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Define connection
See also: Creating a piping component
Menu access: Piping | Define connection
Description:
This function has to be used when creating a standard piping component.
A connection point allows to define the orifice characteristics of the component. It associates a coordinate system with a nominal diameter and a thickness.
General philosophy:
Before using the function, you must create two text (Tool | Text) for each connection (with different dimensions) you have to define:
A first one that will be used to define the nominal diameter.
A first one that will be used to define the thicknesses.
Select the coordinate system to use as connection (origin on the curve and XY plane normal to the curve) and name it.
Select the text to use to define the connection diameter.
Give a name to the text: it is this name that will be used in the catalog of the component to dimension the connection (the values of this column will have to be the same than the values of the column controlling the component diameter).
Select the text to use to define the connection thickness.
Give a name to the text: it is this name that will be used in the catalog of the component to dimension the connection (the values of this column will have to be the same than the values of the column controlling the component thickness).
Specific point(s):
You can edit the IN/OUT COORDINATE
SYSTEM SET in which is listed all the connections you defined.
When you define an other connection
with the same dimensions than an other one, you can select the same text
as the other connections. In this case, the text has already got a name
and it is not asked to you.
