What Is A Custom Component Components Guide 210 Enu 0
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- Contents
- 1 What is a custom component
- 2 Creating custom components
- 2.1 About creating custom components
- 2.2 Exploding components
- 2.3 Example: Exploding an end plate component
- 2.4 Creating a custom component
- 2.5 Custom component types
- 2.6 Example: Creating an end plate connection
- 2.7 Adding a custom component to a model
- 2.8 Example: Adding an end plate connection to a model
- 2.9 Adding a custom part to a model and moving it using direct modification
- 3 Custom component editor
- 4 Variables in custom components
- 5 Examples of modifying custom components
- 5.1 Example: Adding an option to create an object
- 5.2 Example: Determining the bolt group distance from the beam flange
- 5.3 Example: Determining the bolt size and bolt standard
- 5.4 Example: Determining the number of bolt rows
- 5.5 Example: Using construction planes for determining the stiffener position
- 5.6 Example: Replacing sub-components
- 5.7 Example: Using properties files to modify a sub-component
- 5.8 Example: Using user-defined attributes in custom components
- 5.9 Example: Determining the number of handrail posts using a template attribute
- 5.10 Example: Using Excel spreadsheets with custom components
- 6 Modifying the custom component dialog box
- 6.1 Hiding variables in a custom component dialog box
- 6.2 Custom component dialog box file
- 6.3 Custom Component Dialog Editor
- Setting the options for Custom Component Dialog Editor
- Opening a custom component dialog box file in Custom Component Dialog Editor
- Moving items in a custom component dialog box
- Adding an image in a custom component dialog box
- Adding and renaming a tab in a custom component dialog box
- Example: Modifying the dialog box of a stiffener detail
- Example: Adding a list with images in a stiffener dialog box
- Example: Arranging text boxes and labels in a stiffener dialog box
- Example: Dimming unavailable options in a stiffener dialog box
- Preventing modifications of the custom component dialog box
- 7 Managing custom components
- 8 Custom component settings
- 8.1 Custom Component Wizard properties
- 8.2 Default custom component dialog box properties
- 8.3 Plane types
- 8.4 Variables properties
- 8.5 Functions in variable formulas
- Arithmetic operators
- Logical and comparison operators
- Reference functions
- ASCII file as a reference function
- Mathematical functions
- Statistical functions
- Data type conversion functions
- String operations
- Trigonometric functions
- Market size function
- Framing condition functions
- Example: Skew and slope framing conditions
- Example: Ceil and floor statistical functions
- Example: Market size function
- 9 Custom component tips
- 10 Disclaimer
- Index