Associating assembly and component datums

[DaSalo]

Hello,
Using NX 6. I have an assembly that has 5 datum planes associated to key points on a feature. I want to bring a component in to the assembly that has 5 corresponding planes. I need to bring this component in to the assembly, constrain its position, and then associate the assembly datum planes to the component datum planes so the component will adjust to fit the assembly.
My inclination is to bring in the component, fully constrain it, then WAVE link the assembly planes in to the component. Then I can associate the component's planes to the WAVE linked planes. I'm curious if that is the best way to do this sort of thing or if there are other ways that I am overlooking.

Any advice very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Dasalo

 

[potrero]

Following your general approach, one option is, after WAVE linking the assembly planes into the component, Replace the component's datums with the new WAVE linked planes. Keep in mind you'll need to move the WAVE linked planes higher in the Part Navigator history tree than any downstream features.

 

[DaSalo]

Potrero,
Thanks for the reply. When you say replace the components datums with the new WAVE planes what do you mean by replace? Is there a way to actually pull the sketches off the original planes and associate them to the new WAVE planes?
Here is what I have done so far, which worked well:

Moved the WAVE planes up the navigator so that they are ahead of all of the existing planes as you suggested.

Turned on the "Delay update after change" option to keep things from getting too crazy.

Edited the parameters of an existing plane by changing the type from whatever I had originally used (bisector, at distance, etc.) to inferred and then clicked on the corresponding new WAVE plane to infer its position. This caused the old planes to snap on to the WAVE planes.

Then I updated the part and everything did just what I had hoped it would.

So that is one way to do it; it seems from the wording of your reply that there might be another way?

Thanks for your help.

-Dasalo

 

[potrero]

Try actually right-clicking on the "old" plane in the Part Navigator Tree, and choose "Replace" in the drop-down menu. Then, select the new WAVE linked plane as the replacement.