Missing reference planes in family of parts

[Viper01]

Can anybody help with my problem ?

When I create a part with sketches and reference planes (other than the standard reference planes).

Then I create a family of parts from that master, all the reference planes and sketches are missing from the family parts.

Show all etc does not reveal any of the extra planes or sketches. This makes fitting parts very difficult.

Is this a bug ???

I am using Solid Edge V20.

Help please???

 

[donyoung]

hi,

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Is this a bug ???
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no, a feature ;-) it works as designed which is not always
works as expected :-(

dy

 

[PatCouture]

The family of parts functionnality is that it only creates a copy of the solid body in the new child part.

I haven't tried it but I'm pretty sure that you can create construction surface in your master model, and once you created your child parts you can open the child and edit the part copy parameters to show the construction surface.

It's only a workaround though maybe someone here would be able to find a way to automate that a little more.

I hope it helps.

Patrick

 

[Viper01]

Thanks for the replies.

Donyoung-Why would this be a feature ?

What use is a part that doesn't have the construction or reference features included. You include these sketches and reference planes for a reason usually because you need to use these to attach to other parts a lot of the time.

Otherwise you might as well create a part and copy it changing the variables manually, then you at least have all the features you want.

Or create an adjustable part and modify the item as you place it in your assembly.

Does anyone out there have a work around that doesn't involve opening all the individual parts and modifying them ?

I hope so.

Regards

 

[MartinBellehumeur]

Viper01,

Donyoung was making a joke... "It's not a flaw, it's a feature" laughs at the fact that most times companies will not remove some flaws in their programs, and sometimes even "include" them as features.

Non-computer related example: Car company X makes a car Y. Due to limiting factors such as fuel line size (or make up your poor excuse here), Y cannot go much faster than 100 km/h (about 60 mph for you imperial folks). Instead of fixing the fuel line, X decides to promote this as a "Safe Car" due to it's speed limitation. In which case it's not a flaw, it's a feature!


Cheers,
Martin