Editing Part Priorities

The Edit Priorities function defines the destination and source for each part pair by comparing the priority indices between part sets.

The part with the higher priority index becomes the destination (red), and the part with the lower priority becomes the source (green). This feature is useful when using merge/imprint on many parts, as it does not require manual assessment of each part pair.

Note the following considerations when editing part priorities:

• Priority Indexing is only available in Automated mode since the priority is naturally implied when using Interactive mode.
• Parts cannot belong to multiple part sets. Adding a part to a new part set removes it from the original part set.
• If you make a mistake when setting priorities, you can use swap to swap the destination and source part.
• Priority values must be greater than or equal to 1.

To edit part priorities, first click Priority Indexing within the Part Browser group box.

The Merge/Imprint Priority Indexing dialog appears. To create a Priority for a Part Set, click Create new Set, which adds a row to the table.

To add a Part Set, click the ellipsis (...) next to the row, which opens the Select Parts dialog. Select the parts that you want to add to the set and click OK.

Continue creating sets and adding parts as required.

To change the priority of a Part Set you can drag and drop the row higher or lower in the table, or change the value in the Priority column.

You can also delete Part Sets by ticking the appropriate checkbox and clicking Delete Marked.

Click OK to confirm the priority indexing. Browsing part pairs now define the part with the higher priority as the destination part.

Editing Part Priorities in the Simulation Tree

Editing part priorities using the Merge/Imprint tool adds a Metadata tag to the part properties.

When you are not using the Surface Preparation tool, you can manually edit the priority index of the part by changing the integer value in the Metadata property.