Detailing MultiBody parts
Detailing MultiBody parts
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Well after many hours banging my head against the screen I'll leave my ego at the door and ask, I have an injection mold designed and the core and cavity along with inserts and slides are all one multi body part file. I am trying to make drawings of the different components placing more than one component per sheet. Of course as soon as I make a different component visible in my part file I lose the previous detail I created because it updates. I have had some luck with using the relative view on parts that have two sides I can choose from but I also have round components (pins) that I can't choose faces from to create a relative view. I'm wondering if I should save each component out as a seperate part file and attack it that way or if I'm missing something very easy and just overlooking it. I've also considered saving out different configurations but I think files will start to get quite large. Any help in this matter is greatly appreciated.






RE: Detailing MultiBody parts
I am not familar with mold design. However, relative views would seem the best way to go. Here is a thread that discusses your problem with the round part: thread559-114430
If you do a search using relative view, you will find several other threads that may help you too.
Regards,
Regg
RE: Detailing MultiBody parts
An injection mould is an assy & should be treated as such. I would (as you suggested) save each unique body out as a separate file, & then build a proper assy using those parts.
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RE: Detailing MultiBody parts
To save what you have without saving out/starting over, I would try this first:
Relative View should work for all the bodies that have at least 2 perpendicular faces.
As for a round part, add a "Delete Body" feature at the end of the Feature Tree in which you delete all of the other bodies in your model except the round one. Make a new configuration with the "Delete Body" feature unsuppressed (don't forget to make sure that the "Delete Body" feature is suppressed in all the other configurations). Now just insert a view of the model in the configuration with all the other bodies deleted except the round one. Repeat for other round bodies.
Ken
RE: Detailing MultiBody parts
RE: Detailing MultiBody parts
Also submit an enhancement request to be able to use planes with relative views, this problem comes up a lot.
Todd