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Best Practices for Individual Part Files

Best Practices for Individual Part Files

Best Practices for Individual Part Files

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Can someone recommend a method for storing individual parts within an assembly.  We have a part library that contains standard parts.  The problem is that we modify many of these parts within our assembly. Example: A 200mm angle may be cut to 180mm.  If I reference a 200mm angle then modify it, the standard library part would be changed to 180mm.  What I have been doing is copying all of my parts to the directory of my assembly file.  When adding standard parts, can I grab them from my library then write them out to a new directory; therefore avoiding the risk of modifying my standard parts.  

Thanks, Joe

RE: Best Practices for Individual Part Files

The modified part should become a new part number. If it doesn't how do you control anything or know which part is for what?

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Ingersoll-Rand

RE: Best Practices for Individual Part Files

you should be able to use assemblies->deform part in your assembly to modify a standard part without getting a new number. This way the part in library will not change but it will be shown at a different shape (length for example) in your assembly. look at help documentation for how to use "deform part"

RE: Best Practices for Individual Part Files

I do agree with that.Add the deforming expressions(changing dimensions) to deformable part . which will allow you to change those expressiions in the assembly with out changing the part number.

RE: Best Practices for Individual Part Files

In addition to deforming expressions (which may be limiting), you can use the geometry linker for even more changes within the assembly. That said, you should be changing the part number to the modified part.

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