About the Knowledge Pattern Editor

To access the Knowledge Pattern window, click the Create a Knowledge Pattern icon ( ). The Knowledge Pattern editor enables you to define the body and the parameters required by the Knowledge Pattern. 

Click the hot spots to access the related documentation.
 

Status Toolbar

Lets you select a feature in the specification tree or in the geometry area and displays in the editor only the first level of features right below the selected feature, which is very useful when working with large models. Suppose your document contains a Geometrical Set feature which itself is made up of several Shape Design points.
If you press Incremental, selecting the Geometrical Set feature in the specification displays only the first level of parameters below the Geometrical Set (the point coordinates are not displayed.)
If you press Incremental again to disable it, selecting the Geometrical Set feature displays all the parameters related to the points (the parameters which define the coordinates are included into the list.) 

Note that when you click this button, the editor does not recognize parameters any longer. So if you enter the name of a parameter into the editor without selecting it in the specification tree or in the geometry, it will not be recognized.
Lets your visualize syntax errors.
Lets you indent the script body.

Actions Toolbar

Lets you access a browser of types. To use this browser, you can either select the objects you want to work with in the geometry or click the ... button to select the type in the list.
  • The Supported/Inherited types field provides you with a list of the types supported by the selected type and with a list of the types that the selected type inherits from.
  • The Attributes field lists the possible attributes of the types and those of the supported and inherited types.
  • The Functions using type field lists the functions and methods whose first argument is a type of the Supported/Inherited types list.
  • The Functions returning type field lists the functions and methods returning the selected type.
Lets you reach the line containing the syntax error.
Lets you to associate a URL or a comment to the pattern. For more information, see Knowledge Advisor User's Guide: Associating URLs & Comments with Parameters and Relations.
Lets you remove the script from the editor.

Execution Field

  • Execute Now: Lets you launch the Knowledge Pattern execution. This button is grayed out if not all inputs are present and if the pattern is up-to-date.
  • Mode: If set to Manual Execution, you will have to use the Knowledge Pattern contextual menu to launch it. If set to Automatic Execution (before root update), the execution of the Knowledge pattern is launched as soon as a modification is performed either in the Knowledge Pattern body or in the geometry.
  • Stop Execution At First Update Error: If checked, the execution of the Knowledge Pattern is stopped at the first update error.

Options Field

  • Relative Referencing: When checked, enables you to build an object on one of the user feature instances. This rerouting mechanism is applied also when the list of instances grows or shrinks. A relative referencing option allows to consider that the links between such objects and instances rely on an index based on the last instance.
  • Optimize Memory (No Undo): If checked, you cannot undo the computation of the Knowledge Pattern. This option ensures a reduction of the computation time and a drastic decrease in memory consumption during the process.
  • Show Stop panel: If checked, enables you to display the Knowledge Pattern Execution window when running the pattern, thus enabling you to stop the execution if need be. 
  • On Delete: If set to Keep Generated Objects, no object is deleted. If set to Delete Generated Objects, all objects are deleted.

Knowledge Pattern Lists

  • Click Add to add lists to the Knowledge Pattern. The Name field enables you to modify the list name.
  • Click Remove to delete a list.
  • Click Paste in editor to insert the created list into the script.

Editor

The Editor enables you to enter the Knowledge Pattern script. The language to use in this editor is the Engineering Knowledge Language (EKL). For more information about the syntax to be used, see Knowledge Advisor User's Guide.
When working with "for i while" expression:

  • If i is not modified by the user, it is automatically incremented by 1 at each iteration.

  • If i is modified by the user, there is no automatic incrementation. You can write:

let i (integer) i = 1 for i while i <= 10 { ... i = i + 2 }

You can also use negative increments.

Contextual Menu

Two contextual commands improving display are available in the contextual menu:

Dictionary/Members of Parameters/Members of All

For more information, see Knowledge Advisor User's Guide or Infrastructure User's Guide.