Create/Modify Connector Attachment
Creates or modifies a connector. Learn about Working with Connectors.
For the option: | Do the following: |
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Connector | If creating a connector, enter a name for it. If modifying a connector, enter its database name. |
Bushing | Enter the name of the existing bushing you wish to convert to a connector. |
 | If creating a connector, select to create a new bushing. If modifying a connector, select to modify the associated bushing. |
Method | Select one of the following: ■joint – The joint will be active, and the bushing will be inactive. ■bushing – The bushing will be active, and the joint will be inactive. ■both – The bushing and joint will both be active. ■none – The bushing and joint will both be inactive. ■kinematic flag – If the subsystem is in kinematic mode, the joint will be active, and the bushing inactive. If the subsystem is in compliant mode, the bushing will be active, and the joint will be inactive. |
Joint Type | Select one of the following joint types: ■fixed ■revolute ■spherical ■translational ■hooke |
Design Option | Select this option to create a new design option that will control the connector Method. If the design option is evaluates to 0, the Method will be joint. If the design option evaluates to 1, the Method will be bushing. The design option will be given the same name as the connector. |
 | 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. |