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SpaceClaim Developers Guide

Parts

A document always contains at least one part, known as its main part, and this represents the design. If the
main part has internal components (instances of other parts that belong to the same document), the document
will contain other parts too.
Internal components are also used for beam profiles, mid-surface parts, and sheet metal unfolded parts.
The structure of a part is described below.

Drawing Sheets

A document contains zero or more drawing sheets.


The structure of a drawing sheet is described below.

Layers

A document contains one or more layers. There is always a default layer, and if you delete another layer, all its
objects are moved to the default layer. You cannot delete the default layer. The default layer is not the same
as the active layer, which is the layer to which new objects are assigned. The active layer is a property of the
window.

Materials

A document contains zero or more document materials, which are materials used by parts, design bodies, or
beams in that document.

Windows

A document contains one or more windows, but it may not have any windows loaded. If the document is
explicitly opened, then its windows are also loaded and opened, but if a document is loaded implicitly, for
example because it is referenced from another open document, then its windows are not loaded.
A window shows a scene, which is the root of the object hierarchy it displays. The window scene can be a part
or a drawing sheet belonging to the same document.
The window also provides access to interaction contexts, which allow you to work in a specific coordinate
space. The interaction context presents the current selection in that coordinate space. A useful interaction
context is the active context, which is the context in which the user is working.

2.4 Part Structure

The SpaceClaim object model is quite flat, with the part being a bucket for many objects:

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Part ...

Design Design Datum Coordinate


Components
Bodies Curves Planes Systems

Design Design Coordinate


Faces Curves Axes

Design
Notes
Edges

... Part

Sheet Metal Spot Weld


Beams Images
Bends Joints

Components

A part contains zero or more components. A component is an instance of another template part. The
template part may belong to the same document (an internal component), or it may belong to another
document (an external component).

Design Bodies

A part contains zero or more design bodies. A design body can be open (a surface body) or closed (a solid
body). A design body contains design faces and design edges.

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