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 ...

 

 

  • Constrained panel (in an assembly document only) :

 

 

  1. Select Constrained panel mode.

  2. Select face.

  3. Select orientation.

  4. Define offsets.

  5. Select panel position relative to face:

 

 
  • Bottom: the panel is positioned above the face.

  • Middle: the panel is positioned centered on the face.

  • Top: the panel is positioned below the face.

 

  • Panel on profile (in a panel or assembly document) :

 

 

  1. Choose or create a profile directly.

  2. Select an orientation.

  3. Select the position of the panel in relation to the profile:

 

 

 
  • Bottom: the panel is positioned above the face.

  • Middle: the panel is positioned centered on the face.

  • Top: the panel is positioned below the face.

 

  • Panel on face (in an assembly document only) :

 

 

  1. Select one or more faces. (Select multiple faces to create a panel

  2. panel from several faces)

  3. Select an orientation.

  4. Select the panel position relative to the face:

 

 
  • Bottom: the panel is positioned above the face.

  • Middle: the panel is positioned centered on the face.

  • Top: the panel is positioned below the face.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

There are several ways to access the “Panel” command. Depending on the method you choose, its positioning will vary.

 

Here's an example when creating an envelope block from its faces. The principle remains the same for other applications.

 

 

 

 

When right-clicking on a face. The panel will always be positioned inside the of the envelope block.

From the panel function, rotary picking allows you to place the panel inside or outside the envelope block.

When a face is clicked directly from the panel function, the panel is always positioned outside the envelope block.

 

 

 

 

 

Available options:

 

 

 

Allows you to create a Panel parameter.

 

 

 

 

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).

 

 

Automatic update :

 

 

Checking the auto-update option allows drivers to be updated automatically after modifying one of their values.

If the box is unchecked, a manual update option is proposed.

 

 

 

Allows you to define the edges.

Select the song family and a code. If the song has drivers, please enter them.

 

  • 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.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Allows you to define the family of laminate materials to be applied to the panel.

 

Select the laminate family and a code. If the edge has drivers, please enter them.

 

  •  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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

When this option is checked, when the multi-layer material (which has a driver) of one panel is changed for another which does not have an equivalent driver, a disability warns the user that a driver is missing.

 

When the option is unchecked, there is no error message for the same operation.