This may be of particular interest to Frank... and it took me a bit of effort to actually make this work.
But now that I know that everyone can access the Learning Exchange with their PTC username/password, this teaser video is worth posting:
http://learningexchange.ptc.com/tutorial/439/creating-datum-graphs
Of note here is using a graph to drive X based on Y (or visa-versa). But it certainly doesn't stop there. But know this is a method for managing 2D profiles.
If you also have active maintenance and know how to access the Knowledge Base (from the Learning Connector is easiest), search Datum Graph and you will find how to use the datum graph to drive Sweep trajectories, of particular interest, of course is driving the "trajpar".
If you have this level of access, this is the link it will take you to:
http://www.ptc.com/appserver/wcms/standards/freefull_cskdb.jsp?&im_dbkey=93760&icg_dbkey=900
What the 1st video fails to highlight (and kind of jumps right over it) is -HOW- to apply the datum graph. It says to use relations, but does not present the format. The second reference makes this clear although the tutorial could be improved.
Here is the clue to making use of the FUNCTION - EVALGRAPH(). At 1st I was looking for parameters tied to the graph, but there aren't any!
So in the Sketch/Section Relations you have the following syntax:
sd# = evalgraph("<graphname>",<read graph for this parameter>)
- sd# is the sketch dimension being evaluated
- evalgraph() is the function
- "<graphname>" is the lower case of the graph name in the model tree
- <read graph for this parameter> is the value along the graph applied to sd# (see 1st video)
example X-Y relationship: sd1 and sd0 are interchangeable
sd1=evalgraph("graph_1",sd0)
example trajpar relationship:
sd5=evalgraph("graph_2",trajpar*10)
I can see this as useful for certain master profiles.
This should be a lot of fun. Show us your graph-driven creations.
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