Can an assembly be stripped of parameters...
Can an assembly be stripped of parameters...
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with out Stepping it out??? I'm thinking like a "delete all parameters" command. I've got one thats become a burden at the documentation stage... i'm wishing I had tried te "historyless" method at this point. Maybe it would have served me better at the end.
TIA
Dave
TIA
Dave





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RE: Can an assembly be stripped of parameters...
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You mentioned not doing a STEP export, but you can do a parasolid export.
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Unless all of your components are fully loaded, I don't think history free mode would have helped (or removing parameters now is going to help).
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My slow down appears to be general "bogging down" of the whole design. I copy and paste attributes for BOM content between parts and save them as the actual detail no. Ex: 001, 002 , 003 etc...
The whole process is just terribly slow. Most of what I do in the end requires no mating, sketches etc... it's automtive stamping tools.
Dave
RE: Can an assembly be stripped of parameters...
RE: Can an assembly be stripped of parameters...
Best regards
Simon NX4.0.4.2 MP10 - TCEng 9.1.3.6.c - (NX6.0.3.6 MP2 native)
www.jcb.com
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RE: Can an assembly be stripped of parameters...
At this point you will have two bodies for each item; the associative component and the "dumb" solid. If you really don't want any parameters, just delete the components.
While this method works in theory, I have had to export and re-import parasolids in the past a couple of times to truly remove all parameters tied to the parent part (lofted surfaces that just didn't want to give up their history). I haven't tried this method on these parts since NX4, so this problem may be history.
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RE: Can an assembly be stripped of parameters...
Your situation begs the question why do you want to remove the parameters? If it is just assembly performance issues there are many fine tools for working with lightweight data that could satisfy your needs given they we're not aware or your current motivation.
Some of the above sound like they'd dump all the geometry into a single part file in which case, File>Export>Part, tick on select "All Objects" and "Remove parameters". If your assembly is small enough that the system can cope with doing this you'll have what seems to me the identical result, but with less work.
Alternatively if the assembly is much larger then you really need to preserve something like its structure for sheer performance related reasons, or you may just want to. So I'd probably take the Parasolid route in that case. Failing that you're welcome to try STEP if you're data is simple and unlikely to be degraded as part of the translation process.
The method of wave linking and then breaking the links would in my view be workable though extremely tedious. On some levels if you have to manually remove parameters for whatever reason then you might as well clone the assembly then go about the process of removing the parameters of all the solids in each of the component parts files equally manually!
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Hudson
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RE: Can an assembly be stripped of parameters...
RE: Can an assembly be stripped of parameters...
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
RE: Can an assembly be stripped of parameters...
RE: Can an assembly be stripped of parameters...
I lived with design issues I had and shipped the job. All behind me now but I got a lot of responses on this and I appreciate them all.
The only thing that sounds attractive to me for the future at this point is the light weight recommendation. I've never used it and don't know what the potential is for performance gains.
Can anyone speak to that??? I do a fair amount of wave linking to make edits easier during the design process. Move a part and all the mating features in other parts go with it. But at the end of the job all those links mean nothing and get broken when the Ass'y structures are settled.
Can this kind of intelligence be used while in lightweight mode?
TIA
Dave
RE: Can an assembly be stripped of parameters...
You won't loose parameters or attributes in using lightweight geometry. In fact it would seem almost surprising that it wouldn't already exist in many of you models. It is the contents of the REP or FACET reference set so you access it at the assembly level by swapping reference sets. Many systems are set up by default to create these reference sets.
Alternatively if you don't already have these reference sets containing the faceted representations you may occasionally have to create them manually which can be done albeit that you possibly need an Advanced Assemblies license to complete the task.
In terms of taking advantage of it for performance reasons the things to do are to turn on partial loading in your load options, preferably before you open any geometry. Also set your preferred reference sets under the load options settings to REP or FACET depending on your site standards.
That it the potted version about which you may hopefully find any further detail you need after a brief search of the documentation.
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Hudson
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