Places an opening in a plate system created in the Molded Forms task. An opening is a cutout in a plate system that is part of the high-level design. You can specify the shape of the opening by:
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Sketching it in the Sketch 2D environment. This method provides the most flexibility for creating a small number of openings or for sketching unusual opening shapes. The openings can be dimensionally constrained to other objects in the model.
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Selecting a predefined advanced opening macro from the catalog and placing it directly in the 3D model. The opening is defined by a set of supports. This method provides the most speed when placing large numbers of openings that share similar constraints.
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You can delay cutting the plate system with an opening by clearing the Cut option on the ribbon. You may want to clear this option when multiple users are concurrently working in the same area of the model.
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You can place multiple openings at one time on a plate system or copy openings from one plate system to another. See Model Bulkheads with Multiple Openings for more information.
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Minimum height or distances are maintained by the software for objects that use Sketch 2D, such as sketched openings. See Minimum Distance for more information.
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When you create or edit an opening, the dialog title displays the plate system name using the format [Plate System: <name of the plate system>].
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Openings created in the Molded Forms task display in conceptual drawings such as classification scantlings, whereas cutouts and holes created in the Hole Management and Structural Detailing tasks do not display in the conceptual drawings.
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