Assembly cut - tube stamped with a radius

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August 19, 2016
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I have a radius that is cut into the end of a tube. The is an assembly where I have a raw tube (various lengths in a family table) and then the end if coped (stamped with the radius). The radius seems to keep moving away from the place where is was defined. I regenerate the model and it doesn't fix it. If I open up the feature (don't do anything) and then click the green check mark it fixes itself. Any thoughts on this odd behavior?

When first opened up:

After regen (same)

While redefining the feature:

After excepting:

Thanks, Dale

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Assembly Design

Dale_Rosema

Author

23-Emerald III

All the tubes have a cope. Some have difference radii. Also, the BOM wouldn't reflect the raw part if it was just part of the tube.

Dale_Rosema

Author

23-Emerald III

It is not that the cope changes the overall length of the tube, it is that the raw tube is purchase from a vendor - Part 123. After it comes of the press, it is now Part 124. I want Part 123 in the BOM. So if the cope is part of the part and not an assemble cut, there is no BOM for the part.

Also when the length is different, Part 234. When that part is coped and becomes Part 235. It also need to reflect the correct part in the BOM so that the operator know which tubes to grab off the shelf.