Layers instead of simplified reps
Layers instead of simplified reps
(OP)
Hi
I just started working with a company who use layers instead of simplified reps.
I can't understand this logic.
Can anybody enlighten me when layers are better than simlified reps?
Conversley, what arguments make usering layers in this way compromise other methodologies, especially in designs worked on concurrently by a group of say five or six designers?
Cheers
Dave
I just started working with a company who use layers instead of simplified reps.
I can't understand this logic.
Can anybody enlighten me when layers are better than simlified reps?
Conversley, what arguments make usering layers in this way compromise other methodologies, especially in designs worked on concurrently by a group of say five or six designers?
Cheers
Dave





RE: Layers instead of simplified reps
-Hora
RE: Layers instead of simplified reps
Man, you can't believe how hard it is to change some people's minds!
My opinion is that we're compromising the use of Pro/E to the lowest common denominator, i.e. people with no interest of using ProE as an efficient design tool.
As I'm sure you can imagine, it's a toughie. I can feel my blood pressure rising in the weeks I've been here already!
I wanted to use skeletons too, but what a sharp intake of breath when they were mentioned.
Cheers
Dave
RE: Layers instead of simplified reps
Good luck.
-Hora
RE: Layers instead of simplified reps
I'd say justify the use of simplified reps with numbers. Compare load/regeneration times for an assembly with things blanked off on layers (yet still regenerated) versus a simplified rep of the exact same thing. That should win you some believers.
RE: Layers instead of simplified reps
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