Smart Components losing reference
Smart Components losing reference
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I have encountered a problem that envolves the smart component feature and would like to know if there is a solution.
I made an assembly with the part I wanted to make a "smart component" and 3 parts that would be affected by it. All of the parts have matching configurations that are defined in the smart component assembly. In one of the parts I have a a plane at part level used to reference "up to surface" in a hole wizard... which works fine in the original assembly and with the initial insertion of the smart features. The problem comes when I change the smart component to a different configuration... the reference plane is lost.
How can I keep the plane from losing reference?
I made an assembly with the part I wanted to make a "smart component" and 3 parts that would be affected by it. All of the parts have matching configurations that are defined in the smart component assembly. In one of the parts I have a a plane at part level used to reference "up to surface" in a hole wizard... which works fine in the original assembly and with the initial insertion of the smart features. The problem comes when I change the smart component to a different configuration... the reference plane is lost.
How can I keep the plane from losing reference?






RE: Smart Components losing reference
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Smart Components losing reference
In a new assembly with the smart component inserted and mated:
After I insert the smart features, I change the component properties of the smart component to a different configuration and get the error in the component with the hole wizard feature referencing the plane. Even when I edit the hole wizard feature added by the smart feature and reselect the reference plane, it gets lost when I select a different configuration and come back to the one that I reselected the plane in.
RE: Smart Components losing reference
What SW/SP version are you using?
If SW05, try suppressing & unsupressing the mates.
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Smart Components losing reference
I am using SW2006 SP4.1
RE: Smart Components losing reference
Can you replace that hole depth with an actual dimension in the part DT?
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091