How to control the creating item in the desired place in the spec tree 1

[zimmer01]

Hi,

Can anybody tell me how to locate the creating item in the willing location in the specification tree? My CATIA V5 put it randomly in the body and the creating item can not refer the data stored in the items behind it in the spec tree.

Thanks,

 

[catiajim]

GSD? Part Design? Hybrid Bodies?

In the Part Body, Ordered Geometric Set, and Hybrid Bodies, new elements will be placed immediately under the Current In-work Object.

In a normal Geometric Set, new elements will usually be placed at the bottom of the current Geometric Set.

 

[catiajim]

Reading your message further, I suspect you are in GSD, and you have Hybrid Design turned ON. Turn it off, and re-create your part (what you have cannot be turned back, sorry).

(Tools --> Options --> Infrastructure --> Part Infrastructure --> Part Document)

 

[zimmer01]

Yes, You are right when you didn't reorder the elements inside the part body. My trouble comes after I reordered the elements inside the part body, and now the new created items are put randomly in the part body. (making it impossible to use the parent objects in some case)

 

[catiajim]

What is your Current In-work Object? Doesn't it put the new elements right below?

Have you run CATDUA against the part?

 

[zimmer01]

Right, I am in GSD and I turn off the hybrid design option, but it seams not working. What do you mean "re-create your part"? Does it mean to local update my body? or, I have to delete it and redo it again?

By the way, I didn't run CATDUA.

Thanks,

 

[zimmer01]

P.S.

Surprise, CATIA puts the new element above the old one.

 

[zimmer01]

OK, Catia doesn't put the new created element in the end, so I redefined the current in-work object to force it work that way.

Thanks catiajim for all your kind advices!

 

[catiajim]

One problem is that simply disabling Hybrid Design isn't enough. If your part already has a Hybrid Body in it, there is no way to change it back to a normal Part Body. You end up having to start over again.

 

[zimmer01]

:-(