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    Moving parts from a sub assembly to the main assembly

    Hi all, I am wondering if it is possible to move a part of a sub assembly to the main assembly without having to basically start from scratch. For instance if a brass bushing was added in the sub assembly when it should have been assembled in the final assembly, is there a way to drag it into...
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    Open a draft from an assembly

    Is there a way to open a draft of an assembly by right-clicking or some other way instead of just going to open and finding the draft. For instance in SolidWorks if you right-click on a part or assembly it gives you the option to open the drawing from th menu. thanks!
  3. Fonzee78

    dimensioning a part that is at an angle

    Hi all, I am trying to get ST2 to add a dimension relative to a part, but it keeps going horizontal or vertical. Any ideas on how this could be done? I attached a sketch up of what I am trying to do and what how the dimension currently sits. Thanks! Joel
  4. Fonzee78

    Broken out Section View

    Is it possible to do a Broken Out Section View when the source view is an iso view? I have tried repeatedly and am having no luck. I brought in a new front view and it worked fine but will not work on an iso view on my computer. Am I doing something wrong or is this a limitation of ST2? Thanks...
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    Mass of an assembly

    Hi All, I am trying to display the total weight of my assembly on a draft but I cannot get the mass to show up with anything but 0.0LBM. I have went into the assembly properties and used %{Mass|R1}as the Name and 0.28298507824 lbm/in^3 as the Value. Am I doing something wrong? All of my parts...
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    Export and assembly as a IGES, need individual parts

    Hi All, I am looking to take a large assembly and export it as an IGES file, but also it needs to export out each individual part of the assembly. Cna this be done? Thanks! Joel
  7. Fonzee78

    Adjusting position of an assembly within another assembly

    Hi All, I have a model of cylinder with a family of assemblies to adjust the position of the rod end position. I inserted this assembly into another assembly and now want to change the position of the rod end. Can this be accomplished since the family of assemblies is within the cylinder...
  8. Fonzee78

    Standard Threads

    Hi all, I am trying to add threads to a cylinder but when I go through the steps I am not finding anything in the Type: dropdown box in the parameter step. Any ideas?
  9. Fonzee78

    Assembling issues

    Hi all, I am trying to assemble sub-assemblies to other sub-assemblies but I am having issues. Most of the time I have no issues selecting faces and other features to use as mounting/mating surfaces but with the current model I can't seem to select any of the faces of sub-assembly "A" so that I...
  10. Fonzee78

    Referencing a new part in a draft

    Ok, so I have another question for you Solid Edge pros in here. Let's say that I have a drawing that is referencing part "A", but I want to take that same drawing and reference part "B". Is there a way to do this without creating a new drawing for part "B"? This would be helpful for identical...
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    Section views in drawings

    Hi all, I created a section cut in my assembly to show internal parts and then save the configuration. Is there a way to call up that configuration in the drawing to display the section cut or do I have to recreate the cut in the drawing? Thanks! Joel
  12. Fonzee78

    Zipping all parts of an assembly

    Hi all, I am looking to zip all parts of an assembly into a single file that can then be sent to the customer for review. Is there a way to do this in Solid Edge ST2? Thanks! Joel
  13. Fonzee78

    Indented bill of material

    Cna anyone tell me how to create an indented BOM in Solid Edge ST2? I have used all of the options in the parts list option box with no luck. Thanks!! Joel

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