Placing bridges automatically

When bridges are placed automatically, the program inserts them on all the rules in the dieboard. How many bridges will be placed and where is determined in a predefined template. You can have Package Designer place bridges on all the objects in the dieboard or on some of them. In the latter case, you specify properties by which objects will be selected for bridge placement.

Placing bridges on all objects

1. In the bridges drawing, do one of the following:

• Click Place Bridges .
• On the Tools menu, point to Diemaking, and then click Place Bridges.

The Place Bridges dialog box appears.

Bridge template Sets the bridge template that will be used for the placement of the bridges.

Objects Sets the range of objects on which bridges will be placed.

All objects Places the bridges on all the objects in the dieboard.

Selected objects Places the bridges on selected objects.

NOTE: The objects on which bridges will be placed can be selected either in advance or in the dialog box. To select object here, click the Select Now button, and in the dialog box that appears, set the filtering criteria by which objects will be selected.

2. To place the bridges, in the dialog box, click the All objects option, and then click OK.

Placing bridges on selected objects

Bridges can be placed on some of the objects in the dieboard. This selection can be made either in advance — in the Bridges drawing — or during the manual placement of the bridges, or objects can be selected and added to a selection made in advance. The following procedure describes both situations.

1. In the bridges drawing, click Place Bridges .

The Place Bridges dialog box appears.

Bridge template Sets the bridge template that will be used for the placement of the bridges.

Objects Sets the range of objects on which bridges will be placed.

All objects Places the bridges on all the objects in the dieboard.

Selected objects Places the bridges on selected objects.

NOTE: The objects on which bridges will be placed can be selected either in advance or in the dialog box. To select object here, click the Select Now button, and in the dialog box that appears, set the filtering criteria by which objects will be selected.

2. In the dialog box, click the Selected objects option, and then consider your situation:

• If the objects on which bridges will be placed were selected in advance, click OK. This places the bridges on the selected objects and completes the procedure.
• If no objects were selected in advance or if you want to add objects to an already made selection, click Select Now.

The Select Objects dialog box appears.

3. In the dialog box, set the properties by which you want the objects selected.

In the drawing, the objects which meet the selection criteria you have specified are highlighted. The Place Bridges dialog box is visible.

4. To place the bridges, in the Place Bridges dialog box, click OK.