Create Generic Structural Elements
Use the Generic tool to collect elements and free body sections in designpoints.
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From the Certification ribbon, click the Generic
tool.
Figure 1. 
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Select entities to collect.
For components, parts, and sets (element sets only), the method is evaluated on the entity's associated elements.
- Optional:
On the guide bar, click
to select a Split
option.
For elements, you can create designpoints based on the element’s property or component.For all other entity types, you can create either a single designpoint with the collection of selected entities or create a designpoint per entity.
- Optional:
Select a destination DesignPointSet to hold newly created designpoints.
If no set is selected, a new one is created with config Generic.
If you enter this menu from the Certification Browser context menu using Auto DDP, the selector is pre-populated with the selected designpointset.
- Specify a structuralproperty entity to assign.
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On the guide bar, click one of the following:
- Click
to save changes and stay in the tool. - Click
to save changes and close the tool.
- Click