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parent / child relationship between parts

parent / child relationship between parts

parent / child relationship between parts

(OP)
Hi everybody!
my first post, im very excited and hope you could help.

i am looking for a way to creat a relationship between parts. so that when i change an old revision of a part the new revision(s) will update that change as well.

if i am not clear please tell me.

thanx!

RE: parent / child relationship between parts

Welcome to the forums.

Hmmm, I'm not sure about how others would handle this, but I would never change an old revision part. The whole idea of creating a revision is to record the design of a part at a particular point in time.

cheers

RE: parent / child relationship between parts

(OP)
i understand what you mean, but let me give you an example to make myself clearer.

what if i have that part, and a number of versions of it, each with mounting holes at a different place.
now i want to change it's material or any other attribute.
how can i do it so it'll update all versions?

RE: parent / child relationship between parts

Sounds like you need to have multiple Configurations of the same part.  Check the Help for Configurations.

Dan

www.eltronresearch.com

RE: parent / child relationship between parts

Well, technically, if you change the material you should change the part number but...
Going off of your example, create the base part without holes. Then create an assembly and apply the holes at the assembly level. This would, in many cases, mirror how the part is created. Raw part->machined part.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
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