Fully constrained parts
Fully constrained parts
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Is there a way to tell if a .catpart is fully constrained in a product by looking at the tree? In solidworks you could tell at a glance, the undefined parts had a minus symblol in front of them.





RE: Fully constrained parts
With CATIA by default , NO.
But if you have rules in your CATPart, they can check if sketches are fully constrained and also if you have datum element. As the result of the rules are in the tree as a green or red light, you might be able to have the information your need by looking at the tree.
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RE: Fully constrained parts
In assembly workbench, right click on component, name of the component.object - Component Degrees of Freedom
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Fernando
RE: Fully constrained parts
there you can look over your complete product...
RE: Fully constrained parts
It is actually analze.
Forst, double-click on the part or product you want to make it blue. Then, Go in analyze (menu at the top next to tool) and selcect Degrees of freedom.
Myriam
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Huntwe: a quick way to check constraints is to explode the assembly and then update - the parts that don't go back to the correct position are not constrained.
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Thanks for the explanation of your company procedures. If the parts stay where they belong, then it's good. And I stand corrected.
I was taught to use assembly constraints, and most parts I work with are not modeled based on a master axis system (airplane coordinates). I will try the Snap & Fix method.
Thanks for your persistance in making me aware of another method, and proving again that CATIA provides the flexibility to accomplish things with numerous methods.
Jack