AMPARTREF command

Creates a Part Reference symbol and places it in the drawing area.

BricsCAD Mechanical

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Method

The command is available only for drawings that contain mechanical entities.

There are two use cases to activate the mechanical entities:
  1. When creating a new drawing that contains mechanical entities:
    1. Set the LOADMECHANICAL2D system variable to ON (1).
    2. Start a new drawing using a Mechanical2d template.
  2. When opening a drawing that contains mechanical entities:
    1. Set the LOADMECHANICAL2D system variable to ON (1).
    2. Open an existent ACM drawing and start special symbols creation.
Note: The Part Reference symbols is added to the AM_12 layer.
Note: The Part Reference symbols are compatible with the legacy AutoCAD® Mechanical application.
Note: After opening a drawing that contains mechanical entities, filling other drawings with mechanical-related data will be done on-demand in contrast to previous versions. It will be possible when a user copies the mechanical-related entities to the vanilla drawing. In case of copying entities that are not related to the mechanical data, a vanilla drawing will not be filled with mechanical data.
Note: When you open a drawing that contains mechanical entities, but the LOADMECHANICAL2D system variable is OFF, a warning bubble is displayed at the status bar that describes the situation and provides a hyperlink to immediately enable and load the mechanical 2d modules.

Select the object to attach a Part Reference symbol to it.

The Part reference dialog box opens.

Note:
  • If you click an empty space in the drawing area, the program places an unattached Part Reference symbol (a Part Reference that is not attached to any geometry) at that position. The Part reference dialog box opens.
  • In the Properties panel, you can edit the Part Reference symbol properties.
  • When you double-click the part reference symbol, the Part reference dialog box opens.

Options within the command

Block
Applies a Part Reference to a Block Reference. The Part reference dialog box opens.
Copy
Copies a selected Part References to another place in the drawing area.
Reference
Duplicates the selected part reference and keeps them linked.