section views in assemblies
section views in assemblies
(OP)
We have a large number of assemblies that we have saved as parts so that we can use them in other assemblies without having to load the whole thing over a network.
This works well untill I create a section view in the assembly. Suddenly no elements of the assembly saved as a part are selectable. Switch off the section and its all ok again. re-section the view and the part becomes stupid again.
Can someone help.
This works well untill I create a section view in the assembly. Suddenly no elements of the assembly saved as a part are selectable. Switch off the section and its all ok again. re-section the view and the part becomes stupid again.
Can someone help.






RE: section views in assemblies
RE: section views in assemblies
All I need from this historical and unchangeable assembly is the ability to measure both it and its position to other things in the assembly.
We save it as a part so that may users can have a copy of the assembly on their local machine without killing the network with un-necessary traffic.
RE: section views in assemblies
RE: section views in assemblies
RE: section views in assemblies
Maybe you should create the drawing once, based on the real assembly, and save it as pdf.
This way you'll have a dumb part and a dumb drawing available to all users, without stressing the network.
Regards
RE: section views in assemblies
The problem I have with assemblies saved as parts is not in the drawing environment but in the assembly enviroment.
As soon as I section a view, the part becomes dumb.
RE: section views in assemblies
External faces
External components
All Components
This may help determine the problem.
However when you save your assembly as a part it is already a dumb model, because the features are wiped out and replaced with either surfaces or bodies (depending on the option you picked above.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

3DVision Technologies
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
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