Assembly Level Feature
Assembly Level Feature
(OP)
I need to create a hole that appears only at the assembly level that intersects multiple parts. The idea being a "drill upon assembly" process. How is this accomplhished (if it can be) in NX2?
TIA
TIA





RE: Assembly Level Feature
RE: Assembly Level Feature
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"Fixed in the next release" should replace "Product First" as the PTC slogan.
Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand
RE: Assembly Level Feature
Another approach is to 'wave link' the component(s) into the assembly, which would allow you to modify the component (match drilling as you cite) at the assembly level. It's very similar to 'promotion of bodies', but is much more powerful. If I'm not mistaken, wave linking is the preferred method over promoting the bodies, which is kept around more for legacy files than for utilizing with new data. Online docs are chucked full of info...
SS
RE: Assembly Level Feature
RE: Assembly Level Feature
The WAVE license is used for the more specialized WAVE linking and investigating techniques "these options can be found by right clicking in the assembly navigator and selecting WAVE mode".
When you wave link a component it will appear as a solid feature in the model navigator and as features they can be cut with assembly level cut features. You can have the assembled components suppressed and not affect the linked bodies. If the linked component gets changed you'll have to unsuppress it for the WAVE bodies to update to changes.
Michael
RE: Assembly Level Feature
Thanks for the help!