Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
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Hello all,
Long time reader, first-time poster. I finally have come to an issue which I couldn't find on the database.
I am creating a part family of turnbuckles. The turnbuckle itself is an assembly, consisting of components such as the body, jaw ends, and a nut and bolt. I created the "assembly template" using the individual part templates, and I fully constrained the assembly. Upon member creation, however, I am getting very strange results. Constraints seem to not be obeying-- almost as if they are not associative (the "Associative" option is checked when constraints are being made).
For the sake of troubleshooting and this discussion, I've greatly simplified the assembly. What I would like to do is align the two "cylinders" of the two components and add a 1" gap between the faces. I've done this on the first photo attachment, the template. I would expect that the member, when created, would be similarly aligned and have a 1" gap. This does not happen, however.
If you have any suggestions, I would appreciate hearing them. Thanks, Andrew
Long time reader, first-time poster. I finally have come to an issue which I couldn't find on the database.
I am creating a part family of turnbuckles. The turnbuckle itself is an assembly, consisting of components such as the body, jaw ends, and a nut and bolt. I created the "assembly template" using the individual part templates, and I fully constrained the assembly. Upon member creation, however, I am getting very strange results. Constraints seem to not be obeying-- almost as if they are not associative (the "Associative" option is checked when constraints are being made).
For the sake of troubleshooting and this discussion, I've greatly simplified the assembly. What I would like to do is align the two "cylinders" of the two components and add a 1" gap between the faces. I've done this on the first photo attachment, the template. I would expect that the member, when created, would be similarly aligned and have a 1" gap. This does not happen, however.
If you have any suggestions, I would appreciate hearing them. Thanks, Andrew





RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
NOTE: I get the same results whether Fix is enabled or not.
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
Unfortunately, if I wish to supply the part files, it gets very complex. Remember that there are part family templates within assemblies of part family templates. What I'll do is zip the required files together for two cases: the family template and one member. (The member will be the very last one in the family spreadsheet).
More to come after lunch; I'm starving.
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
I had not been having trouble with the "Infer/Center Axis" constraint; that one seemed to work.
The problem came with the distance constraint. When I generated a member based on your template, I got a similar result as before-- photo attached.
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
Then in your post 1t 15:27, you show your generated member-- and it appears as it should. Any ideas for this difference?
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
Thanks,
Andrew
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
RE: Assembly Constraints aren't transferring to Part Family Members
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.