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Table driven parts (global)

Table driven parts (global)

Table driven parts (global)

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Can anyone tell me how to get a part to move together with a feature in another part using table driven parts?
e.g. a plate has a 1" dia hole 2" from a corner in x & y.
A shaft is then inserted in this hole and the shaft diameter is controlled by the hole dia. in the plate using tables. The hole location in the plate is also table driven but I can't link the shaft to the hole so they move together when the positional values are changed in the table.
Any help appreciated.

RE: Table driven parts (global)

Dear lounger,
If you constrain the shaft into hole using the AMMATE or AMINSERT, the shaft will move according to moving hole.
Another solution (more trouble) is to defining two global variables for defining the hole position from edges and also defining offset distance from edges for shaft using two mate constraint to place the shaft axis.
You may have to define constant values for offset parameter in AMMATE command, but after creating the mate constraints, you can modify them and replace already defined global variables with constant values into offset parameters.
:)
Farzad

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