Property assignment in sequentially staged modeling

In a sequentially staged modeling, the property assignment also varies with stages. For example, a surface mesh region is assigned with property set A at stage 1, and the property of the same region is altered to set B at stage 2. This is the case of a construction modeling with changing material property in some part. Property assignment can be handled either collectively by working with the base model or individually by working with a stage model. In order to start property assignment, select "Structural Property" item from menu. If the "Sequential Stage" dialog is not currently on, the property assignment is performed for the base model. If the dialog is already opened, the dialog shrinks, and the "Structural Property" dialog is positioned at the bottom of the "Sequential Stage" dialog as shown in the figure below. In this case, the assignment is applied to the current stage model.

< Property assignment to the base model and to a stage model >

> Assigning properties to the base model

The base model takes the property assignment and deletion, when "Sequential Stage" dialog is not on. And the assignment to the base model is automatically inherited to all stage models which have the assigned objects. Deletion of a property set in the base model is also applied to all stage models. Thus, property assignment or deletion in the base model overrides the previous assignments in all stage models at once.

<Property assignment of the base model>

> Assigning properties to stage models

Only one property set can be applied to an object in the base model, although the property of an object can be altered from one stage to the other. Assignment of the changing properties can be achieved by assigning different property sets to the stage models. The current stage model takes the property assignment and deletion, when "Sequential Stage" dialog is on. The current stage is indicated by the popup menu item in the dialog. Property assignment to a stage model does not affect the assignment of other stage models. However, the assignment is registered in the base model.

<Property assignment of a stage model>