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Surfacing between assembly components

Surfacing between assembly components

Surfacing between assembly components

(OP)
How do you surface between two components in an assembly?  I would like to model a part that is tangent continous with the surfaces of another pre-existinng component (meaning to set up all faces continuity). Any ideas?
Is it possible to import dummy surfaces into an sldprt file for this?

RE: Surfacing between assembly components

You should be able to select a surface from the reference part and knit it (editing in-context within the assem).

I can send you a SWX2003 example if you wish.

Chris

RE: Surfacing between assembly components

(OP)
Hmmm- that sounds more interesting than what I am trying at the moment. I export out an Iges of a selected part of the assembly and re-import those single surfaces into SWX. Your method sounds a lot simpler.  
Please send me your sample to thomasparel@hotmail.com I am not sure I understand what the knitting does between assembly components

RE: Surfacing between assembly components

For instance, in an assembly with comopnents "A" and "B", and I wish to make component "C" with surfaces tangent to "A" and "B"...

In this type of situation, I sometimes copy the component surfaces from "A" and "B" into "C" in assembly context using "Insert --> Surface --> Offset" with an offset value of zero.  This keeps a "live link" to "A" and "B" surfaces via the assembly, but allows me to work independently on part "C" outside of the assembly.

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