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Prefabrication Settings

Updated 17 hours ago by Makenzie Page

Summary

The Prefabrication Settings area allows users to define when and how various options and statuses are applied to spools.

  • eVolve tab ⮞ Prefabrication panel dropdown ⮞ Prefabrication Settings button

Window Overview

Spool Options Tab

  • Renumber spools when created/modified checkbox panel - When enabled, this option will use your current renumbering settings to renumber the spooled components when created or modified.
    • Renumber Mode menu
      • Last used Renumber Settings - Uses the last radio selection in the Renumber panel on Renumber Settings window as the renumber mode.
      • Renumber Elements - Runs the rule set against each element in the selection, numbering in no particular order.
      • Renumber Elements by Spool - Runs the rule set against each spool in the selection, resetting the starting value with each spool.
  • Package and Spooling Preferences panel
    • Prompt me to regenerate a sheet when a spool is modified checkbox - When enabled, disables the functionality that rebuilds sheets when a spool assembly is modified.
    • Automatically create and sync eVolve_AssemblyGroup values between spools and their elements checkbox - When enabled, the eVolve_AssemblyGroup parameter is automatically assigned to each spool and its member elements, including when those elements are added to or removed from spools.
    • Maximum spool or package elements to apply visual cues to input box - The maximum number of combined elements for which visual cues will be applied during spool and package modification commands. Visual cues are skipped and a warning is shown when this limit is exceeded to avoid performance issues. Set to 0 to disable the limit.
  • Spool Visual Cues panel
    • Show spooled elements as dropdown - Controls how elements belonging to a spool are visually distinguished in the active view when using one of the spool modification commands.
    • Colors dropdown - The color applied to spooled elements when the visual cue type is set to Colored.

Package Options Tab

  • Packaged Spool Identification panel
    • Most Common radio button - When a spool contains elements from multiple packages, the most common package Id will be used.
    • Show All radio button - When a spool contains elements from multiple packages, all package Id's are comma separated.
    • Update Project button - Refreshes the package Id's of spools containing elements from multiple packages according to the radio button selection.
  • Package Visual Cues panel
    • Show packed elements as dropdown - Controls how elements belonging to a package are visually distinguished in the active view when using one of the package modification commands.
    • Colors dropdown - The color applied to package elements during a package modification command when the visual cue type is set to Colored.
    • Show spooled elements during packaging as dropdown - Controls how elements belonging to a spool are visually distinguished in the active view when using one of the package modification commands.

Status Tab

  • Spool and Pre-Fab Package Status panel
    • The Spool and Prefab Package Status grid allows users to add and define any status when a sheet is created. Simply enter a status parameter and select the color to apply that will be visible in the Prefab Manager.
  • Apply Status panel
    • Spool Status subpanel
      • On Creation dropdown - applies the selected status when a spool is defined.
      • On Sheet Creation dropdown - applies the selected status when a spool is generated.
    • Pre-Fab Package Status subpanel
      • On Creation dropdown - applies the selected status when a package is defined.
      • On Sheet Creation dropdown - applies the selected status when a package is generated.
  • Status Parameter subpanel
    • Apply To dropdown - allows user to define which elements the status should be written to.
      • Spool and all elements dropdown - the spool's current status is applied to the assembly(spool) element and all elements contained within the spool.
      • Spool only dropdown - the spool's current status is applied only to the assembly(spool) element.
    • Define Parameter dropdown - allows user to define which parameter the status should be written to.

Note: default value will equal eVolve_SpoolStatus

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