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Accessing the ViewFlex Dialog Box

The ViewFlex dialog box is used to create a flexible body. In order to access the ViewFlex dialog box ViewFlex has to be loaded first.

Load ViewFlex from within Adams Car

Click Tools Viewflex Manager

Load ViewFlex from Adams View

From the Ribbon menu, select to open ViewFlex dialog box.
Figure 1 Selecting ViewFlex from Ribbon menu
From the Classic menu, select Build Flexible Bodies ViewFlex.
Figure 2 Selecting ViewFlex from Classic menu
You can also access ViewFlex by clicking Right-Mouse-Button (RMB) on any Adams Part.
Figure 3 Selecting ViewFlex using right click
By selecting the 'Make Flexible' option you can create flexible body by creating a new mesh or use an existing mesh (with afi and mnf file as input):
Figure 4 Creating a new mesh of using existing mesh (afi, mnf data)

Displaying the ViewFlex dialog box in a template-based product

Change to template-builder mode.
From the Build menu, point to Parts, point to Flexible Body, and then select ViewFlex.