This begins the Special View Types section: the overview, both kinds of detail section, the rule editor behind rule-based ones, and saving the finished view frame.
Prerequisites
You understand the prototype DWG behind the default view frame layout.
Steps
Special view types overview
1.) Know the four special view types. DigiPara Liftdesigner offers:
Simple detail section
Rule-based detail section (plan view example)
Vertical splits
Symbolic vertical sections
Simple detail section
2.) Select an existing view frame to edit. Choose the view frame you want to turn into a detail section.
3.) Specify the section via the Pick Window property. Use the view frame's Pick Window property to define the section area after settings the Detail section function to Yes.
4.) Reset the detail section mode if needed. The detail section mode can be reset via the view frame's Detail section property.
Rule-based detail section
5.) Start from a simple detail section. A detail section view is first created in a static field, between two points P0 and P1.
6.) Understand the static-field limitation. Since the static dimensions defining the detail section stay constant, changing a dimension (e.g. the car width, CW) in the X-direction deforms the section instead of resizing it correctly.
7.) Switch to Rule Based mode. Set the mode to Yes (Rule based) so the size of the detail selection box is defined dynamically, using the shaft's X-direction dimension — for example, shaft width + right wall thickness for X-Max, and left wall thickness for X-Min.
8.) Set the rule's reference object. The reference object for the dynamic section size rule can be set individually; the default is World coordinates.
Use the rule editor
9.) Use the rule editor for X-Min. For example: LD("Me.Shaft0.W_3") — where LD(...) indicates a referenced numeric Liftdesigner value, W_3 is the Data tree value name, and the reference point is the shaft base point.
10.) Use the rule editor for X-Max. For example: LD("Me.Shaft0.WIDTH")+LD("Me.Shaft0.W_4") — simple mathematical calculations can be combined this way, again referenced from the shaft base point.
11.) Test the defined rules. Change the CW (car width) dimension and confirm the detail section resizes correctly in both the X-Min and X-Max directions.
Save the view frame
12.) Save the view frame (*.ldf). Save it into the data pool directory under sheets, creating a new folder — for example MyViewFrames. View frames are saved with all their individual settings and can be loaded into any further project.
Result
You know the four special view types, can create both a simple and a rule-based detail section (including using the rule editor to make it resize dynamically), verify the rule against a dimension change, and save the finished view frame as a reusable file.
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