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sales31-Visitor
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March 31, 2011
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Udf instance selection in family table, possible?

  • March 31, 2011
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Example:


There are many sizes of tapped holes, let’s say you want to choose between a ¼-20, 3/8-16 or ½-13 instance of a udf. The udf feature can be placed in the family table of the part it’s inserted into but the family table only allows you to select “yes” or “no” as to whether it should be included or not during regen of that particular part instance.


I’d like to be able to select the actual size by placing ¼-20, 3/8-16 or ½-13 into the appropriate cell on the family table but this doesn’t seem possible. It seems like this would be a very simple yet powerful function in family tables.


I know that I could drive the size with relations but due to the number of instances I need to create and the flexibility I need it to have for different instances it would not be easy.


Anyone have a slick solution?


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ptc-1871421-Visitor
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April 1, 2011

I would think you could do that with the hole feature insteadof a UDF, that would allow you to turn the feature on and off plus choose any dimensional values of the threaded hole you want to be flexible. The only catch might be that you might not be able to change from a thru hole to a depth or vice-versa, but you could tackle that a few different ways.

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grocha1-Visitor
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April 1, 2011

Robert,



I encouraje you to try “INSERT>SHARED DATA>merge/inheritance” if you have Advanced Assembly module.


First you have to design a solid containing the positive geometry of the holes (it works even better if you need the actual geometry of the thread) and create the instances;


Then you insert the hole geometry into the generic model using the mentioned command, it works like an assembly, you have to use the remove material option;


And finally you can drive a family table using the name of the instances of the hole model.



Like I said this works better for those who needs to have the actual geometry of the thread but maybe you have some ideas from that.



Good look





Warm Regards


Guilherme Rocha - Tech Support Consultant


PLM Solutions do Brasil



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