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JHowell1-Visitor
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October 22, 2010
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orientation in assembly family table

  • October 22, 2010
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Hello. I am trying to orient same part in two or more assembly instances, but with different orientations. Any suggestions?


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Best answer by ptc-191798

Do you really need to make the distinction in the family table?

However, a couple ideas:

  • assemble the part, be sure to use an axis so that one of your constraints allows for an angular offset constraint. Then in your family table add this dimension value for the orientation shift
  • another idea is to leverage flexible components. Assemble the object and use flexible component interface to modify the alignment angle value.

Similar concepts, you just need to get an editable value for the family table.

If you can illustrate your requirement a bit better, visually, it may help as well.

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chris51-Visitor
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October 22, 2010

Hi

I copie the part in the second assembly instance. (open the part from the first assembly instance while the second is your working directory and "save a copy"). If you have made the drawing it will come with if it has the same name.

Let us know if this works for you or if it is that what you were looking for.

Regards

Chris

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JHowell1-VisitorAuthor
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October 22, 2010

I want to have only 1 model of part; with it in a first assembly table instance, then orient the part 180 degrees in a second assembly table instance.

Thanks, Jack

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ptc-1917987-BedrockAnswer
7-Bedrock
October 22, 2010

Do you really need to make the distinction in the family table?

However, a couple ideas:

  • assemble the part, be sure to use an axis so that one of your constraints allows for an angular offset constraint. Then in your family table add this dimension value for the orientation shift
  • another idea is to leverage flexible components. Assemble the object and use flexible component interface to modify the alignment angle value.

Similar concepts, you just need to get an editable value for the family table.

If you can illustrate your requirement a bit better, visually, it may help as well.

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DavidButz1-Visitor
1-Visitor
October 22, 2010

Assemble the component in the first orientation, and Suppress it. Assemble the component in the second orientation. Each of these is a separate numbered component in the assembly even though they are the same Part. You then add a column for each component to your Family Table, and enter Y or N depending on which one you want to be present in a particular instance.

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