Edit plate

Edit plate

This command allows you to modify a plate from a mold base become modifiable. If the mold base is not modifiable, the command is not available.

Creation stages / Use:

Click the icon or select Mold > Mold Base > Edit plate... command from the drop-down menu.

Select the plate to modify?
Validate your choice.
It is possible to modify the inclusion parameters.
Modify the Height and Material plate drivers.
Validate .

During the plate edition, the modifiable mold base template document is open. The drivers are set in this document.
The parameters driving the component insertions are re evaluated with taking in account the modifications done on the template. It could be necessary to modify these parameters, or the inserted components to get a valid mold base template.
The template document is automatically closed after the command validation.

Available options:

Inclusion:

Occurrence name: Allows you to give a name to the plate occurrence in the template.
Document: It is potentially possible to choose another plate family. But it could be difficult to implement because the parameters created in the template may become invalid according to the chosen plate.
Code: Allows you to modify the plate code. The other mold base plates will not follow this code modification.

Drivers:

Height: Allows you to modify the plate height with a non standard value.
Material: It is possible to modify the plate materiel, you can choose this material among all the materials referenced in the project.

Advanced options:

Drivers consistency control: (Only available for inclusion of families with drivers).

If a family with drivers is included in an assembly and then a new driver is created in this family:

If the Strict option is not checked, the value of this driver in the generic will be used.
If the Strict option is checked, the inclusion will become invalid and will indicate that the driver has no value