Panel

This command allows you to create a panel.

Creation stages / Use:

Select the Wood > Panel... command from the drop-down menu.

For a Panel document, use the Modeling > Panel command ...

Panel creation by profile (in a panel or assembly document):

Choose or create a profile directly.
Select an orientation.
Choose the position of the panel in relation to the profile:

Bottom: the panel is above the profile.
Middle: the panel is centered on the profile.
Top: the panel is under the profile.

Creation of the panel by constrained block (in an assembly document only):

Choose to create a constrained block panel or a profile panel.
Choose a constrained block or a profile.
Choose the orientation.
Choose the position of the panel in relation to the profile:

Bottom: the panel is above the profile.
Middle: the panel is centered on the profile.
Top: the panel is under the profile.

The various components of the panel are local parts.

A panel on a constrained block will make it easier to change its position, than a panel on profile.

It is possible to access the panel control in several ways. Depending on the panel will be positioned differently:


With a rotary picking on one side. You can choose to place the panel inside or outside the constrained block in both cases it will be automatically resized.		With a right click on one side. The panel will always be positioned inside the of the constrained block and automatically resized.	By clicking on a face directly from the panel function, the panel is always positioned outside the outside the constrained block.

Available options:

Panel Parameter:

Allows you to create a Panel parameter.

Material:

Allows you to define the multi-layer material to be used.

Select the material and a code if it comes from a family document.

The pink arrow in the center of the panel allows you to reverse the layout of the of the multilayer panel (top and bottom).

Edges :

Allows you to define the edge family to be used, then enter a code.

Identicals Edges:

Allows you to apply the same family document to all edges.

If this option is unchecked it is possible to change the family of an edge

Identicals Cuts:

Allows you to apply the same cut to all edges, select the cut from the drop-down menu.

It is possible to change the start and end cut of an edge in the table.


Miter cut	No cut	Large side covering, the long side being the horizontal side.	Small side covering, the small side being the horizontal side.

The yellow arrow in the center of the panel allows you to move the edge identifiers around the panel.

Right-clicking on this arrow reverses the direction of rotation. This arrangement is important in the case of the realization of a box with panels of the same dimensions.

Laminate:

Allows you to define the family of laminate materials to be applied to the panel, then fill in a code.

Laminates cover the edges:

Allows the edges to be covered by the laminate.

Identical Laminates:

Allows the same laminate to be applied to both sides of the panel.

The laminates are outside:

Allows you to create a laminate on the outside of the panel, its thickness is added to that of the panel.

Option The laminates are outside activated.

Option Laminates are outside disabled.

Fibres :

Allows you to define the fiber direction (green arrow in the graphic area).

There two possible cases:

If the material is not isotropic (example: white particleboard) then the green arrow controls the green arrow that controls the fiber direction.
If the material is isotropic (example: plywood), it is the material that controls the direction of the fiber direction. In this case it is calculated on the longest length of the enclosing box of the part. Regardless of the direction of the green arrow TopSolid will optimize the direction of the fiber.

Case where the material is isotropic.

Results in realistic rendering, the green arrow did not affect the direction of the

of the fiber on the plywood.

When creating a panel template, it is necessary to launch the Fibers Management command and select Managed by Material and choose as a marker in the drop-down Panel Fibers.