Turning features on/off depending on relations

[Ronald1]

Hello everyone,

I need to make two diferent extrusion cut backs on a part, depending on the value of an angle dimension.

So my question is "is there a way to turn on or off (suppress or unsuppress) features depending

on the value of the angle dimension?

kind regards,

Ronald

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[Dale_Rosema]

You can have a family table where one instance has the value of the cutbacks at one set for the first angle and the another instance has another set of values for the next angle for as may angles as you have.

You can also turn feature off/on for the angle values as well as change the values.

[Dale_Rosema]

If you need help with family tables, I use them quite a bit.

[Ronald1]

Hi Dale,

Thanks for the responce.

I thought about family tables, but the problem is that the geometry of the cut backs changes, depending

on the the position of my actual part within an assembly.

The actual part is an extrusion to a conical part at a changable distance to the centerline of that conical part.

So the connection face of the extrusion to the cone, and therefor the the angle of this face and the vertical face, changes accordingly. Also the curve witch is created at the intersection of part and cone, changes accordingly, and this curve is used in my sketch for the cutback.

Therefore i thought working with different instances in a family table couldent be the sulution for my problem.

Also the different cutbacks should be preformed automaticly depending on the measured angle dimension, when the part changes position (relation with the angle dimension). In a family we have to turn it on or off manualy, and the instances created in family tables are fixed situations at that time, or am i wrong?

[BrianMartin · Accepted solution]

Hi Ronald...

You might want to try a program to do this. You can suppress and resume features using a program based upon the value of an angle or other dimension. It's a bit beyond what I can show in a brief email but take a look at the help files and see if they make sense.

If you get stuck, write back and I'll try to step you through the procedure.

Thanks!

-Brian

[Ronald1]

Hello Brian,

I have solved the problem by modifying the part program, as you mensioned, and it works verry well.

So thanks a lot for the info.

kind regards,

Ronald