Hi all,
I'm trying to figure out the best way of showing the various stages of
manufacture of a part/assembly.
Before I go on we haven't got Pro/Process.
The part is a complex cylindrical (turned) part. Here's the basics of
manufacture.
Stage 1 - First the part (Part A) is faced to length, drilled in each end
and an axial slot machined in the OD - This stage requires a drawing
(drawing #1)
Stage 2 - Next, a cover (Part B) is welded (assembled) into the machined
slot and the OD of the part is turned to size. - This requires another
drawing (drawing #2)
Stage 3 - Finally all the rest of the machining takes place - This requires
another drawing (drawing #3)
To achieve this I modelled Part A completely to its final state (stage 3)
and created a simplified rep (rep X) to represent the part at Stage 1
Next I created an assy and assembled Part A / Rep X into the assy along with
Part B, then added an assy cut to represent the turning of the OD (Stage 2)
- The problem with this is the assy cut does not show up on Part A in the
assy - after talking with tech support I'm informed this is normal,
apparently you cannot cut a simplified rep part that is in an assy - is this
correct??
So to workaround this I added the Stage 2 OD cut to Part A and created
another simplified rep (rep Y) . (Basically a copy of Rep X plus the Stage 2
OD cut feature). Then assembled this into a new assy along with Part B. This
assy automatically becomes an on-demand simplified rep.
For the final stage the Master Rep of the Stage 2 is what used.
I hope all this making sense!!
Anyway, can anyone suggest a better, less complex method of creating what I
have done above? I dread trying to figure out all this in 12 months time
when someone wants to revise the drawings.
Many Thanks,
Paul Moss
WF4.0
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