Selecting Specific Temporary Axes

[bhart]

Is there a way to determine which feature the temporary axis I am selecting belongs to (it seems length of the axis is a rough indicator, but not good enough sometimes)?

I am concerned w/ selecting specific temporary axes b/c in a part w/ concentric features, I would like to associate as much as possible to the "base" feature or the feature that is least likely to change in the future.

Thank you

 

[macPT]

bhart

Maybe there is some mistake here. Temporary axes are available only in drawings. They are axes that SW consider existing by default in circular shaped features, even if you did not created an axis feature.

I think the ones that you are refering are "real" axis, created as a reference geometry feature. In this case, the safer way to select the correct axis (specialy when you have colinear axes) is to change the default (axis1, axis2,..) names to meaningful names (axis base part, main axis,assemby axis,...) so you will recognize the correct selection, or select them by the feature manager tree and not by picking on the screen.

Regards

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

macPT
Temporary axes are also available in model parts & assemblies under the View drop-down menu.

bhart
macPT's suggestion to create & use meaningful axes is the better way to go. It becomes much easier to understand the design intent & when manipulating the model at a later date.

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[Arlin]

I put in an enhancement request once upon a time...

Add the ability to right click on any axissymetric surface and choose "Select Temporary Axis" from the pop-up menu to select the temporary axis owned by that surface.

This way, you wouldn't need to show ALL temporary axes just to select one. When I work in assemblies, showing temp axes can create a HUGE MESS of axes, making it difficult to pick the right one, let alone the big performance hit that happens when many temp axes are shown.

Please submit this ER so SWX takes notice.

 

[aamoroso]

I use a macro to toggle my temp axis on/off. The Temp axis are great for measuring distances between arcs and stuff but it you are going to mate several components, creating an axis is always the better route.

 

[whippet]

It's a pain, but on smaller assemblies I hide the components I don't want to pick from.

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Paul

 

[charbroil]

aamoroso (Mechanical) Oct 8, 2004
I use a macro to toggle my temp axis on/off. The Temp axis are great for measuring distances between arcs and stuff but it you are going to mate several components, creating an axis is always the better route.

Amen.


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[TheTick]

When working with a key cylindrical feature, especially one concentric with other features, I find it's worth the time to create a datum axis for reference. This makes things much simpler. One great advantage is that the axis can then be picked right off the feature manager tree.

 

[whippet]

Nice, Thanks Tick.

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Paul