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Self-guided Training

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kBridge is on the Web at https://www.KnowledgeBridge.engineer

 

This Self-Guided Training section is intended to walk you through an initial Knowledge Bridge (kBridge) Project that provides a great context for learning all the basics of capturing and automating rules in kBridge. The training is organized as Units of study and is meant to be sequential, because later Units draw on knowledge you"ve gained in previous ones.

 

In the training, you will build a household table.

 

Mode (keep it Simple)

There are two modes of working in kBridge, Simple and Advanced. These are in the User Settings, accessed by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the Knowledge Bridge Project Editor. It is in the red panel that contains your user initials/name at the top left of kBridge.

 

Keep it in the Simple mode for this Self-Guided Training. (If you do change anything on the User Settings dialog, be sure to Save your changes.)

 

By default, kBridge begins in Simple mode.

 

Working in Advanced mode results in some significant changes in the user interface (usually, more options or buttons become available.) This could result in confusion around screenshots in the self-guided training units. Keep it Simple.

 

Units

The Units used in training for kBridge are as follows (use your browser Back button to return to here):

Introduction

The Editor and Designs

Rules

Children

Parameters

Position & Orientation

References

Inheritance

Geometry and the BaseLibrary

Configuration Rules

Model Rules

JavaScript as Rule Language

Methods & Functions

Resources

Databases

Inventor Integration

Using STL/DWG Files

Revit Integration (Revit Integration is not part of our online help; see your Engineering Intent representative for in-person training)

Custom UI (Documentation coming soon)

 

More about the Table Exercises

Table Exercises—look for this icon: cicon20

In the Self-guided Training, you will be creating a household table in a series of step-by-step exercises. Look for the T-Square-Blue icon (cicon20) in the Table of Contents to the left. Topics that contain Table steps are in these topics.

 

The nature of the exercises

The Self-Guided Training Project walks you through development of a small kBridge application. It is a Parameter-driven, rules-based Design, meaning that

(a) the Design of the table is driven by engineering rules that have been captured in the development of the project, and

(b) users can change their tables quickly based on inputs.

 

8legTable

An 8-legged long table designed for a light load.

 

NewUI-AAA-heavyShortTable

A few seconds later, a 6-legged, shorter table designed for a heavy load. Two inputs (Length and Load )have been changed. Those changes ripple through the Table Project, resulting in a significantly different Design that is automatically generated.

 

What the Table Project Introduces

When you finish your Project, you will have been introduced to:

1.The kBridge user interface and the function of kBridge Designs

2.Models and the Model Tree and what they tell you

3.kBridge Rules and how to create them

4.Parameters and how to create and change them

5.Children and how Child Rules expand and enhance a Project

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