Here's and interesting one.......
I have used deformable parts for years, so am fairly comfortable with creating and using them.
I now have a scenario which has me thinking........
We want to create a 'template part of a tube, with a fitting on either end'. The fittings are standard parts in their own right, and reside in the reuse library.
Today, To create a tube assembly (we don't use routing):-
1.) we create a new part, define a sketch with a single line in it (the centreline of the tube)
2.) create a tube down the line.
3.) add the fittings on either end, using then normal reuse library capability with constraints
ie very straight forward.
We we would like to do do, is rather than creating a new tube for every single tube assembly, use a predefined template part as all of the tube assemblies are topologically the same.
So I have tried to turn the above into a deformable part (controlling the length of the line). This works to alter the length of the tube when its inserted as a child component. Unfortunately the fittings don't reposition to the follow the revised length of the tube as they keep their position reference from the original part.
is it possible to make this work, or is it a step to far for the deformable capability?
Thanks in advance....
Befuddled
I have used deformable parts for years, so am fairly comfortable with creating and using them.
I now have a scenario which has me thinking........
We want to create a 'template part of a tube, with a fitting on either end'. The fittings are standard parts in their own right, and reside in the reuse library.
Today, To create a tube assembly (we don't use routing):-
1.) we create a new part, define a sketch with a single line in it (the centreline of the tube)
2.) create a tube down the line.
3.) add the fittings on either end, using then normal reuse library capability with constraints
ie very straight forward.
We we would like to do do, is rather than creating a new tube for every single tube assembly, use a predefined template part as all of the tube assemblies are topologically the same.
So I have tried to turn the above into a deformable part (controlling the length of the line). This works to alter the length of the tube when its inserted as a child component. Unfortunately the fittings don't reposition to the follow the revised length of the tube as they keep their position reference from the original part.
is it possible to make this work, or is it a step to far for the deformable capability?
Thanks in advance....
Befuddled
