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Re: EFX: Adding new Tube Profiles

I had this doc sent to me from PTC Support.

Title How to add custom profile / beams to Expert Framework Extension (EFX)

Description How to add custom profile / beams

How to customize EFX library (insert custom profiles)

Applies To Expert Framework Extension 4.0 - 7.0

Advanced Framework Extension 2.0

Cause

Resolution Currently this procedure supports for straight beams only.

Library directory structure

Notice ‘custom_start_beams‘ folder and ‘custom_start_beams.gif‘ at <efx

loadpoint>\parts\profiles directory. Open ‘sel_list.txt‘ file <efx loadpoint>\parts\profiles directory
and add the following line custom_start_beams dir

Similarly, create new subdirectory, make subdirectory_name.gif picture of company logo, add line
to sel_list.txt

Make custom beams by using start parts

In <efx loadpoint>\parts\profiles\custom_start_beams directory find two start beams (one for mm

and other inch), Use these as templates for custom beams. The directory contains a file called
sel_list.txt, a content list of the directory. This directory contains 2 beams called
efx_start_beam_mm and efx_start_beam_inch, so the file lists two lines for them plus one line
‘dir_up dir‘.

For each beam user needs,

A picture named <beam_name>.gif
A Pro/ENGINEER model <beam_name>.prt or <beam_name>.prt.1 (EFX takes always .prt
or for .prt.1, remove the number from the file name end)
Optional a file <beam_name>.txt which lists different sizes and their dimensions if available

User can rename the custom_start_beam to your custom directory, make a .gif picture which
shows the beam-x-section, copy and rename the file custom_start_beam.txt file if the beam has
different sizes copy and modify sel_list.txt.

Modify beam model

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Open the model custom_start_beam_mm or custom_start_beam_inch and make it a custom
beam to modify the following,

Modify the section of the feature ‘BASIC_SHAPE‘, try to keep the four lines (do not delete, just
trim them) if there is somehow a rectangular basic shape in the section. Deleting one of the four
lines, the joint functionality will not detect automatically the correct attachment surface), however,
one can use the joint type ‘sel_surface‘. After modifying the sections change the symbols of the
important dimensions with dim-cosmetics

Modify the parameter BUW_NAME to the name of your beam

Add other parameters modify views, layers etc.
If user likes to see internal cuts only in detailed level of representation add a feature
parameter named ‘BUW_REP_LEVEL‘ to the cut feature, the value is ‘MEDIUM_DETAIL‘
(the feature should be visible in medium and detailed at rep level) or ‘DETAIL‘ (the feature
should be visible in detailed rep-level)

Modify size table file

Open the size table file. The first column shows the name of the size instance (it shows up in the
selection interface), the following columns list the dimension values. The first column must have
25 characters (fill up with spaces at the beginning), the columns are separated by tabs. The
headline lists the symbolic dimension names (also list model text parameters there).

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