Is there any way to remove external references from a datum plane and have it stay in the same place
Long Version:
I have a large assembly of beams. I have been activating them one at a time and using "use edge" to make cuts in each beam that match the profile of neighboring components. Before completing each sketch, I delete the EDGE references to get rid of any external references so each part can stand alone.
The problem I've been having is when the beam I would like to cut is not perpendicular to the surface profile of the beam it mates with. To the best of my knowledge, this requires me to make a datum plane perpendicular to the cut I would like to make.
I would like to Activate a component within my assembly, create a datum plane by referencing a different part, then delete those references while keeping the datum plane in the same place.
Currently, I'm making a datum with external references and using it to define 3 points in space, writing down the location of those three points, making three new points at the same locations and defining a new datum plane using those points. Then I use my new datum to make my cuts. It's extremely tedious.
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