Best Practice for Publishing Elements

[WK95]

In a given CATIA assembly, I have my master geometry in a part.

1) When publishing sketches, lines, and edges for other parts to use, should I publish into the master geometry part level or publish to the assembly level?

 

[drewmumaw]

I publish at the part level so those published elements can be used in constraint creation if the part is put in other products as well. For example, for a fastener part I would publish the axis at the part level since that fastener will be constrained in multiple assemblies.

Drew Mumaw

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[JeniaL]

The same as Drew said.
What do do you mean by assembly level? At assembly level I activate a part and then extract geometry that I need from another part.

 

[itsmyjob]

sometimes I have to publish at the product level as I do have read only access to the part...but you can also publish at both level...

Eric N.
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