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Inoram14-Alexandrite
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January 9, 2014
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How do you create moved parts/assemblies in drawing views?

  • January 9, 2014
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I probably did not create the best title for the thread, but I am trying to show some movement in drawings. Like say you have an assembly with 50 parts in it, and half the parts move 4" (or whatever) and you want to show that move in a drawing view so you can dimension the distance of the movement. There must be a quick way to do this now? I did it years ago, and have not done it recently, so I forget exactly how I did it.


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neomechanikos1-Visitor
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January 9, 2014

Is it in a mechanism that you can use snapshots?

If not here are a few I can think of off hand:

Method 1: Use exploded view and move only the parts that move. Create a datum or another reference (skeleton, etc.) that represents the distance to dimension off of.

Method 2: Create another top level working assembly (empty assembly) and place your assembly in it. Assemble another instance of the parts that move....say a linear slide and assemble two blocks at the movement extents (can also use simplified reps here if you don't want to show both at the same time). In the drawing, add the working assembly to the drawing, change the line style of one of the blocks to phantom opaque or transparent and dimension between the two extents. Drawbacks: have to create another working assembly, BOM balloons may not work as desired if the same view is used to drive a BOM table.

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neomechanikos1-Visitor
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January 9, 2014

Method 3 (dirty method): Place a view of just the moved components (simp rep, hide parts, subassembly) onto the drawing over top of another view of the main assembly. Can change line styles, etc. and can relate the views to each other (match coordinate systems or other entities or absolute location). Drawbacks: have to endure the wrath of your coworkers, may not work for all applications/views, pain in the neck to work with.

Summary:

Method 0: (Snapshots) become the idol of your peers

Method 1: Works great

Method 2: Useful for library parts or items you don't have permission to modify. You can also use "make flexible" with this method.

Method 3: Become the bane of your peers.

Edited: Added summary and smilie indicators.

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Inoram14-AlexandriteAuthor
14-Alexandrite
January 9, 2014

Thanks for the input.

I was trying Method 1, but I need to move things exact numbers, and I do not see a way to do that with the explode tool. (could be me).

I do something like Method 2 when I only have to move 1 or 2 parts, that works ok for a low amount of parts.

Method 3, I doubt I would do, I also have not yet been able to figure out how to align 2 (or more) general views to one another.

Method 0, it's not in a mechanism, and I guess I could set it up that way? But it might be more trouble then it's worth for a relatively simple view.

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