Bolted Plate 3

Bolted Plate 2 definition works, but we get to write so many lines of parametric definition just for 2 plates -- a project may contain hundreds, even thousands of these plates. A better way to handle this is to define the steel plate object once as template and use that single definition many times throughout the project.

The 3D view of the project does not change. In fact it is the exact same model except I made the vertical plate thickness twice as much as the horizontal plate. In this case, we will do the parametric plate definition once and then use that definition to define two plates in space.

<!-- This time we want to define the plate once and reuse it

multiple times. Below is the definition of the bolted steel plate.

Setting ObjTypeDef parameter to 1 tells STARK that this is not an

actual object in space - just a definition at this point.

We will create the actual objects of this definition later in the project.

ObjLabel parameter allows you to give more friendly names to your definitions.

Notice the Role="Input" attributes on some parameters. This tells STARK that

if the end user wants to add an object of this definition to the project,

they need to set the values of these parameters.

-->

</O>

<!-- I will define the first plate with its default values, very simple!

I basically define an object named Plate 1 of type Surface that extends

the definition of BoltedSteelPlate object (defined above). -->

<!-- I will define the second plate with its default values except

I will change the thickness of the plate. Any parameter I would like to

change I can put inside this object, everything else will be provided

by the exnteded object named BoltedSteelPlate.

I also want this plate to be positioned to perpendicularly to the side of

the first plate. -->

</O>

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