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@CarlosCaseras wrote:
I have an assembly with a number of instances The assembly consist of several parts with instances as well. That is the good structure to create and control the model shapes and coordinates systems, which are really funny. But, I also want to produce an output of each assembly instance (step file or equivalent, with hierarchy) where most of the tree were merged. This is because the model tree is too complex and the final user of the model should only see 2 or 3 parts which are representative. It is actually only one subassembly what I want to show as a merged solid. Can I have somehow that "simplified tree" model in creo to keep it associated to the design models? Any idea is welcome
Hi,
I guess you can:
Then you have to create another assembly instance and replace sub-assembly by the above mentioned part in it.
Note: I am not sure whether the above mentioned procedure will work properly.
@CarlosCaseras wrote:
I have an assembly with a number of instances The assembly consist of several parts with instances as well. That is the good structure to create and control the model shapes and coordinates systems, which are really funny. But, I also want to produce an output of each assembly instance (step file or equivalent, with hierarchy) where most of the tree were merged. This is because the model tree is too complex and the final user of the model should only see 2 or 3 parts which are representative. It is actually only one subassembly what I want to show as a merged solid. Can I have somehow that "simplified tree" model in creo to keep it associated to the design models? Any idea is welcome
Hi,
I guess you can:
Then you have to create another assembly instance and replace sub-assembly by the above mentioned part in it.
Note: I am not sure whether the above mentioned procedure will work properly.
A more elegant way of doing this might be using a Simplify Interchange assembly (to replace using simprep), a Functional Interchange (to replace using family table) or an Envelope part (to replace using simprep). Perhaps the Envelope part would be the best way? Create an Envelope of the subassembly as a solidified shrinkwrap, then make a simprep that replaces the subassembly with the Envelope. This will retain associativity with both geometry and placement.