Datasheet
Assemble tab • bends in sheet metal parts
358
Assemble tab, 6–7, 6
Assemble tool, 107–108, 108
assemblies, 93
adaptivity feature within, 180–181, 181
animating
motion, 196–197, 197
relationships, 293–294, 294
timeline and cameras, 290–292, 290
Assemble tool, 107–108, 108
Bolted Connection Generator tool, 104–107,
104–107
constraints, 95–101, 95–97, 99 –101
Content Center, 102–104, 102–103
converting bodies to components,
214–215, 214
converting to iAssemblies, 328–331, 329– 331
creating, 93–94, 94
draft analysis, 215
exploded views, 278–280, 279
file paths, 30–31
grounded components, 95
of iParts, 326–328, 326–328
movies, 290–295, 290–294
shaft characteristics, 184–186
weldments, 259–260
assembly environment, 175
deriving components, 194–196, 195–196
design accelerators. See design accelerators
level-of-detail representation, 177–178, 178
mirroring components, 192–194, 193
motion, 196–197, 197
view representations, 176, 176
Assembly Shrinkwrap Options dialog, 311, 311
Assembly tab
Application Options, 18–19
constraints, 95, 95, 101
iAssemblies, 331
Assign Symmetry icon, 307
associativity of drawing views, 60–61, 61
authoring MEP content, 313–315, 313–315
Auto Balloon tool and dialog, 143–144, 143 –144
Auto Reverse button, 279
AutoCAD data, 299
importing, 301–303, 302–303
opening, 300–301, 300–301
AutoDrop mini-dialog, 103
automated centerlines, 147–148, 148
Automated Centerlines dialog, 148, 148
automated text, 139
automating
exploded views, 276, 276
table-driven products. See table-driven
products
Auxiliary View dialog, 39, 39
auxiliary views, 34, 39–40, 39–40
B
Background tab for scenes, 286
Balloon tool, 142
balloons, 142–144, 142 –144
base components, 95
base features, extruding, 76–77, 76
base solids, 303
Base View tool, 35, 137
base views, 134
description, 34
placing, 35–36, 36–37
Baseline tool, 53–54, 54
Baseline Set tool, 53–54, 54
BaseMount dialog, 11
Basic tab for color, 118–119
Bead Report tool, 271
beads
extracting properties of, 270–271, 270–271
weld, 260–261
Beam tab, 211, 211
Bearing Generator dialog, 179 –180, 179
behavior of drawing parts, 131–132, 131–132
Bend Number setting, 238
Bend Order Annotation tool, 238
Bend tab, 218, 219
Bend tool and dialog, 224–225, 225
bends in sheet metal parts, 227–229, 227–229