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Is this a circular ref?

GrahameWard
5-Regular Member

Is this a circular ref?

Lets say I have an assembly. Part A comes first, then Part B is assembled to A. Part B interferes somewhat; this is to be expected because it is supposed to sit in a pocket within Part A. To make this pocket, I go to Copy Geometry and copy the surfaces of Part B into Part A. They I solidify(remove) that surface to remove the intereference and make the pocket. Does this create a circular reference? ProE does not throw back a circular ref warning. What we have is Part B depending on Part A for its location and a feature in Part A depending on Part B.
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Grahame No, i don't think this is classified as a circular reference as long as Part B only depends on Part A for its placement. However, if you now make the geometry of Part B dependent on the geometry of the slot in Part A you would have a circular reference. Hugo
GrahameWard
5-Regular Member
(To:ptc-230676)

Thanks, that's what I was thinking too.

"Hugo Gregersen" wrote:

Grahame No, i don't think this is classified as a circular reference as long as Part B only depends on Part A for its placement. However, if you now make the geometry of Part B dependent on the geometry of the slot in Part A you would have a circular reference. Hugo

If you redefine how part B is assembled to part A and reference one of the surfaces from the solidify feature, this would make a circular reference - this is quite a common way for circular references to occur.
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