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The Molded Forms task provides different groups of commands to create and represent single or multiple surfaces for plate systems. Also, you can represent and store imported surfaces. These commands start when you click the appropriate command icon on the vertical toolbar on the left side of the screen.

When you create any plate system, the first step is to use the Properties option to confirm the default attributes or define new values. Examples of attributes for a plate system include its name, category, molded conventions, its parent plate system, material properties, material thickness, tightness, and continuity.

The next step is defining the surface geometry of the plate system. You then define topological boundaries of the plate system by selecting objects in the three-dimensional workspace, selecting objects from the Workspace Explorer, or selecting objects from a list of potential bounding objects. See Plate System Boundaries for more information.

  • When a plate system is created, a plate part is also created. Plate parts are detailed in the Structural Detailing task and then used to create manufacturing parts in the Structural Manufacturing task. Properties of the part can be modified. See Plate Part Properties Dialog .

  • Minimum height or distances are maintained by the software for objects that use Sketch 2D, such as plate systems with sketched boundaries and mother curves, and standalone plate parts with sketched boundaries. See Minimum Distance.

  • When you create or edit a plate system or a stand-alone plate part, the dialog title displays the plate system name using the format [Plate System: <name of the plate system>], as shown below.

Copying Plate and Profile Systems

When you copy, move, or mirror systems (including through Model Data Reuse and Model Data Transform operations in the Project Management task) without including a boundary in the copy (by selecting Edit > Paste > Delete Optional), the software replaces the boundary with a standalone boundary. This prevents the plate system from going to the To Do List. After the copy, you can replace the standalone boundary with a new boundary by using Tools > Automatic Reconnect.

If the original boundary was detailed, Delete Optional also deletes the physical connection between the plate system and the boundary. For the copied plate system, if you replace the standalone boundary with a new detailed boundary, then the software creates a new physical connection.

Select

Used to select objects in the model. See Selecting Objects.

Planar Plate System Command

Places a planar plate system.

Imported Plate System Command

Imports an ACIS or IGES file into the model. The file is used to create a plate system, typically a complex, non-planar system such as a ship hull.

Linear Extruded Plate System Command

Extrudes a plate system from a 2D curve normal to the sketching plane.

Nonlinear Extruded Plate System Command

Extrudes a plate system from a 2D curve along a linear or nonlinear curve that you specify.

Revolved Plate System Command

Places a plate system by rotating a curve around an axis.

Bracket Plate System Command

Creates a bracket plate system oriented by a plane or by its supports.

Advanced Plate System Command

Creates specialized plate systems such as side plates, ring plates, transition plates, continuity plates, and buckling plates.

Child Plate System Command

Creates a plate system that is a child to and in the same plane as another plate system.

Ruled Plate System Command

Creates a plate system that is interpolated between two non-planar curves.