Component Groups in Part

[joansans]

Dear,

Recently I have discovered the option Component Grops in Part. It is nice since I can show/hide the work parts I am interested every time. I have tried to use such group of parts in a drawing to represent only this group of parts, but I have been not able to do it. Other CAD programs can do it very easily (PROE, Inventor...). How I can represent in a view only a group of parts and not the complete drawing? I am using the correct group function? I can use this group in an assy?

Thanks in advance

 

[JohnRBaker]

Have you looked at Arrangements? For what you're describing it sounds like Arrangements might be a better solution.

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[joansans]

John,

thanks for your reply!

As far as I know arrangements allow me to have constraints wih different values, i.e. have same component in diferent positions. I do not know if I can control or not the visibility of the compnents.

Component Grops in Part allows me to see diferents groups of parts isolated from the main assy. this is fine, because previous to this was very tedious to select every time all parts and make it visible every time I want to check something with all the parts involved in the assy. My life has changed since I have discovered the tool!

After my post, I remebered about reference set. This way I can place several configurations of one assy into another assy meanwhile I am in 3d environment, but I have not found a way to apply a reference set to an specificview on drafting environment.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Arrangement allows you to control BOTH the positions of the same components in an assembly AND different content as well. You do this by selecting the Component(s) of interest, press MB3 and select 'Supression'. Once the dialog opens you can select the specific Arrangement that you wish the suppression operation to be effective. In other words, you can suppress different Components in different Arrangments.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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Siemens PLM:
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[cowski]

...but I have not found a way to apply a reference set to an specificview on drafting environment.

You can stop looking for the reference set solution to this problem, as reference sets won't allow you to do that.

Arrangements will allow control over the visibility of components through suppression. Components can be selectively suppressed (hidden) per arrangement.

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[joansans]

Thank you all!

Where I can control the arrengement visibility in a view of a drawing? or you only can use a single arrengement for a complete drawing?

 

[JohnRBaker]

You can't edit an existing view to change its arrangement, but when you ADD a new Base View to a Drawing you'll have an option for which arrangement that you want to use for THAT particular view.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[joansans]

John,

Thank you! I see how to do it with drawings using arrangements. I will continue using groups for assys because I feel more easy.