Analysis Modeling > Model Variants

Model Variants allows users to create different varieties of Moves, Tolerances and Measures, which the user can activate or switch between one or multiple different model scenarios.

Model Variants_Dialog

Procedure:

1.From the Model Creation toolbar, select Model Variants icon to open the dialog.

2.OR Right-click on a Move, Tolerance or Measure in the model and select Add to Variants to add that selected MTM to the variants list.

Commands

Add MTM's: Allows the user to select specific Moves, Tolerances and Measures in the active model.

Set all MTMs as Variant: 3DCS will add every Move, Tolerance and Measure to the Model Variants list.

Apply Variant: Applies the selected Variant list.

Copy Variant: Adds and copies the selected Variant list to the dialog. This will copy the activated/deactivated MTMs from the selected list, making new list.

Refresh: Updates the list if any changes have been made to the MTMs, such as changing the name or Tree order.

Update Variant: Updates the list if any changes have been made to the MTMs such as active/inactive status along with name and Tree order.

Delete Variant: Deletes the selected Variant list from the dialog/model.

Remove MTM: Deletes the selected Move, Tolerance or Measure.

Save/Load CSV file: Saving a CSV will list all of the MTMs and Variants from the dialog. The user can use this file to change whether specific MTMs are On/Off within a Variant list. Loading the CSV will apply the change to the Model Variants dialog.

Save to DoE File: Creates a ...VariantsToDoe.csv file that can be incorporated and ran in batch mode.

1.Create Model Variants.

2.Load the dcu_doe_form.dll User DLL.

3.Run the DOE and edit the Option to change CSV version to 2.0.

4.Use the 'Save to DoE File' button to create the file ...VariantsToDoe.csv. Part of this file is show below, itemizing the variants.

Model Variants_Doe

5. Run the Batch or the dcsDoeViewer to create the batch and script files.

6. Use the ...VariantsToDoe.csv in the script file:

DCSRUNDOE1 C:\...\...VariantsToDoe.csv

Summary: Opens a list in Notepad of Moves, Tolerances and Measures that have been added to the Model Variants dialog.

Help: Opens the Help Manual page for Model Variants.

Close: Closes the dialog and keeps the changes that been made to the Model Variants list.

Commands - Right-click on the title row for more features:

Apply...: Applies the selected Model Variants.

Rename: Renames the selected Variants list.

Edit Description: Allows the user to add or edit the Description of the selected Variants list.

Copy: Copies and adds the selected Variants list.

Delete: Deletes the selected list.

Notes:

•When creating a default or new variant list, users can edit the name and description to describe more information about each list.