Really Dumb Question
Really Dumb Question
(OP)
My brain is malfunctioning today.
I have brought 2 subassemblies together and want put an incontext relationship for some holes. The problem is that the subassemblies have their own incontext relationships for subcomponents and I can't modify them for the holes that I am trying to place in the upper assembly.
I thought of hole series, but this doesn't suit in this situation.
Any suggestions.
I have brought 2 subassemblies together and want put an incontext relationship for some holes. The problem is that the subassemblies have their own incontext relationships for subcomponents and I can't modify them for the holes that I am trying to place in the upper assembly.
I thought of hole series, but this doesn't suit in this situation.
Any suggestions.
Christopher Zona - Product Designer
Loretto, Ontario






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Or you could create a Top Level Layout Sketch and reference to that.
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Now that is a dumb question. Please don't reply to this thinking it was serious.
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I knew I should have worded it differently. That's what the drill sargeants also used to say.
CBL, understanding that it is not recommended practice, what are the known problems that can occur? Does it give a rough time with rebuilding as if you were to layer equations? Did that once, boy was that a nightmare.
Christopher Zona - Product Designer
Loretto, Ontario
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At the level of your top assembly, create a sketch within your sub-assembly.
Move to the sub-assembly and use the sketch to control your local feature.
When you finalize your drawings, remember to localize all of your parametric features. You can make an awful mess with parametric modeling, especially if you follow my advice, above.
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Jeff Mowry
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Thanks for the info. That's what I thought would happen. I did this scenerio with equations one time. That turned out to be a real mess.
Christopher Zona - Product Designer
Loretto, Ontario
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Prior to 2009 this kind of Assembly cut would only appear at assembly level and only the Hole Series you mentioned could be shown in parts at the Part Level.
If you've never used this option before its in the Group Box near the Feature Scope options.
Michael
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Christopher Zona - Product Designer
Loretto, Ontario