Depending on the components it carries, an occurrence is designated by a different name in Pixyz Studio's GUI, API and Documentation:


Occurrence type

Description

Common Name

Icon

Part occurrence

An occurrence with a Part component is a Part occurrence, more commonly called Part.


For example, the function Merge Parts merges together several Part occurrences in one resulting Part occurrence, and combines their geometries in its Part component.

Part

Assembly occurrence

An occurrence with no Part component, and having other occurrences as children, is called an Assembly occurrence, or Assembly.
An Assembly is basically a node used to store other nodes, like a group or a folder.


For example, the function Merge Parts By Assemblies finds all the Assembly occurrences in the Tree and merges their Part occurrences children as one resulting Part occurrence.

Assembly

Empty occurrence

An occurrence containing no geometry (no Part component or a Part component containing no geometry), no light (no Light component) and having no children, is called an Empty occurrence


For example, the function Delete Empty Occurrences finds all the Empty occurrences in the Tree and deletes them.

Empty occurrence

Light Occurrence

An occurrence with a Light component is a Light occurrence, or Light.

Light


In the Product Structure, each occurrence type displays a different icon before its name:



About Icon's color

Depending on its status, an occurrence' icon will be displayed in the Product Structure with a dedicated color:

  • cyan  icon corresponds to an occurrence owning a prototype, and not expanded in the tree.
  • An  orange  icon corresponds to an occurrence having children, and expanded in the tree.
  • grey  icon corresponds to an occurrence not owning a prototype, and not expanded in the tree.


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