New Suspension Assembly
(Standard Interface) File → New → Suspension Assembly
Creates a new suspension assembly from the specified subsystems. See Assemblies and Subsystems.
For the option: | Do the following: |
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Tips on Entering File Names in Text Boxes. | |
Assembly Name | Enter a name for the assembly. |
Suspension Subsystem | Do one of the following: ■To search/browse for a subsystem from the database, right-click the text box next to .  ■To select a subsystem that is open in the current session, select . The icon changes to  and the text box is replaced by a pull-down menu from which you can select a subsystem. |
If suspension is built with __MDI_TASA_TESTRIG (available in Adams Car Truck plugin), the following options are available: | |
Suspension Subsystem 1 | Do one of the following: ■To search/browse for a subsystem from the database, right-click the text box next to . ■To select a subsystem that is open in the current session, select . The icon changes to and the text box is replaced by a pull-down menu from which you can select a subsystem. |
Suspension Subsystem 2 | If you want to include a second suspension subsystem in your assembly, select the toggle to the left of the text box. Then, do one of the following: ■To search/browse for a subsystem from the database, right-click the text box next to . ■To select a subsystem that is open in the current session, select . The icon changes to and the text box is replaced by a pull-down menu from which you can select a subsystem. |
Steering Subsystem | ■If you want to include a steering subsystem in your assembly, select the toggle to the left of the text box. Then, do one of the following: ■To search/browse for a subsystem from the database, right-click the text box next to . ■To select a subsystem that is open in the current session, select . The icon changes to and the text box is replaced by a pull-down menu from which you can select a subsystem. |
Other Subsystems | If you want to include additional subsystems in your assembly, such as anti-roll bar, select the toggle to the left of the text box. ■ - Right-click the text box and then search/browse for a subsystem from the database. ■ - Right-click the text box and then select a subsystem open in the current session. |
Suspension Test Rig | From the pull-down menu, select the test rig you want to use in your assembly. |
 | Select to display a dialog box where you can add multi-line comments to any entity, to describe its purpose and function. Adams Car displays different comments dialog boxes, depending on the entity type for which you want to record comments: ■If recording comments for modeling entities in Standard Interface, Adams Car displays the Entity Comments dialog box. ■If recording comments for any other entity type, Adams Car displays the Modify Comment dialog box. Learn about Recording Comments. |
Populate | Prompts for an existing suspension assembly and populates the dialog box with the subsystem combination of the selected assembly. |