Save Template
(Template Builder) File → Save As Shared Dialog Box
Renames the template and then saves it to the Default Writable Database. Alternatively, you can keep the same template name but change the major role or file format.
When saving a template that includes a flexible part, your template-based product saves the part as rigid.
For the option: | Do the following: |
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Template Name | Select the template you want to save and, optionally, rename. The menu lists all open templates. |
New Template Name (optional) | Enter a new name for the template. If you specify a new name, your template-based product renames and saves the currently selected template to the default writable database with the chosen major role and file format. If you do not specify a new name, your template-based product saves the currently selected template with the same name, but with the major role and file format selected. |
Major Role | Select a major role for the template. |
File Format | For Adams Car, select the file format Adams Car should use when saving the new file to the target database: ■ASCII - Saves the file in human-readable character format. ■Binary - Saves the file in binary format. Adams Car reads binary format files much faster than ASCII format files. Therefore, opening assemblies in binary format is much faster. Learn about binary assemblies. ■EDS - Saves the file in the Enhanced Data Set format. Like the ASCII option, the EDS format is a human readable, platform-independent ASCII format. The EDS format was developed to better handle complex UDE’s. Note: One can interrogate objects’ EDS formatting by selecting “Information” mode in the Database Navigator. For Adams Driveline, select the file format your template-based product should use when saving the new file to the default writable database: ■EDS: Saves the file in a platform-independent format (ASCII). Your template-based product can read EDS-format template files when running on any platform. EDS is the non-binary format suitable for the Adams Driveline standard UDE’s. ■Binary - Saves the file in binary format. Your template-based product reads binary format files much faster than ASCII format files. Therefore, opening assemblies in binary format is much faster. |
Target Database | Select the target database where you want to save the subsystem. The menu lists all writable databases. |
Close Template | Select if you want to close the template, that is, remove it from the session memory, after saving it to the database. |
Zero Adams Ids | We recommend that you zero the Adams IDs. When Adams View generates the Adams dataset, it will automatically assign unique IDs to every entity that it writes out to the dataset. In some assemblies, you could use the same template twice (such as a suspension template in Adams Car). In that case, if you assign a particular ID to the left lower control in the suspension template, you end up with two parts (front-left-lower-control-arm and rear-left-lower-control-arm) with the same Adams ID. To avoid this problem, we provide the option to set the Adams IDs to zero. |
 | Select to display a dialog box where you can add multi-line comments to any entity, to describe its purpose and function. Your template-based product 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, your template-based product displays the Entity Comments dialog box. ■If recording comments for any other entity type, your template-based product displays the Modify Comment dialog box. Learn about Recording Comments. |
Database Info | Select to display the Information window, which lists currently available databases. Learn about Working with the Information Window. |