creating datum planes on th fly
creating datum planes on th fly
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Can anyone help me out with creating datum planes on the fly so that I could use them during patterning.
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RE: creating datum planes on th fly
Happy patterning
im4cad
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RE: creating datum planes on th fly
RE: creating datum planes on th fly
RE: creating datum planes on th fly
RE: creating datum planes on th fly
RE: creating datum planes on th fly
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand
RE: creating datum planes on th fly
If so, any feature created with the new datum-on-the-fly method can't be gouped.
RE: creating datum planes on th fly
If so, any feature created with the new datum-on-the-fly method can't be grouped.
RE: creating datum planes on th fly
You are absolutely correct. After the auto_group is created you can not group it with other features. This is terrible news. You need to ungroup the "on the fly" features before they can be grouped....a real disappointment.
RE: creating datum planes on th fly
If I need a datum plane for a feature and I will never need to reference that plane again - I do not care to see the plane after the feature is created.
The on-the-fly datum planes, in the models I have created, is only necessary due to the dimension scheme required in the drawing (design intent).
I will have to download a copy of Wildfire and check this out for myself. If the on-the-fly datum plane functionality is gone then that is one more con on my list for Pro/E Wildfire.
RE: creating datum planes on th fly
You can still create a datum on-the-fly, but the datum is placed in an auto_group with the feature and the datum plane is hidden. The one thing that I see as a problem with this functionality is when a novice user ungroups the on-the-fly datum and makes the datum visible. Then the novice users decides to drag and drop the feature to a different location. I know that the datum will follow, but what a mess!
...the more intelligent the software the less intelligent the user. Basically, as the software becomes easier to use the chances for errors and BIG problems increases tremendously when the user lacks experience or knowledge.