How to choose planes for assembly in Wildfire?
How to choose planes for assembly in Wildfire?
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I have a large assembly. For most mates I use surfaces, but I need to use planes for some. The problem is my 500 piece assembly. When I turn on planes to use for mating, there are over 1500 planes to sort through. It is virtually impossible to find the needed planes. I can drag the new component away from the assembly and find the plane needed on it, but I cannot do that with the main assembly. I assume there is a way to only show the planes on the parts or sub-assemblies that are to be mated, but I cannot find it. Please help!





RE: How to choose planes for assembly in Wildfire?
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RE: How to choose planes for assembly in Wildfire?
I will tell you the procedure for PRO2001 I'm working with, but must be similar in Wildfire.
STEP 1-> Open Layers dialog. Turn OFF all layers in all components.
STEP 2-> In Active Object Box choose your part. This part will be now active for layers opperations.
STEP 2-> Turn on the planes. Close your layer dialog.
STEP 3-> Show planes. You will see that only datum planes from the desired part will be shown.
That's all. Simply and accurate.
Good luck,
-Hora
RE: How to choose planes for assembly in Wildfire?
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RE: How to choose planes for assembly in Wildfire?
In wildfire, the sub-assy simp reps come in so it is just an matter of naming them during the assembly proceedure. Sweet!