Special parts are parts used in the Advance model and in the structured BOM or drawings that cannot be created from other Advance objects (e.g. turnbuckles).
Special parts must be designed in separate DWGs and created as Advance objects using the Advance special part creation tool. Some special parts are created using joint rules as in the case of bracings with turnbuckles.
A special part can be created at any scale. When Advance checks for identical parts, different scales for the same special part are not considered. This means that a special part can get the same position number at different scales. It is recommended to draw and create special parts at full size (1:1).
As with the joints, the information for special parts is stored in the bounding boxes. To move a special part, you must select the box. This is automatically done upon selecting a special part object.
The box can be displayed using the Display tool on the Joint Utilities panel of the Extended Modeling tab.
The information of special parts is exported to the structured BOM and it's considered during drawing creation.
The defaults can be modified to define whether or not the special part should be included in a collision check.