EVER CHANGING PART

[rikonen]

I have a part that I am going to design a mold for and I know that this particular part is going to go through multiple changes and I'm forced to have to start the mold design because of timing. I want to design it from the start where if I get a new model I can replace the existing model and have everything downstream update. I know there's things I have to be careful of when doing this but can anyone give me the best approach to accomplish this?

 

[ctopher]

Are you or someone else doing the design changes?
If you are, there is no reason to 'replace' the model, it will update.
If someone else is and sending you the models, replace using SW Explorer. You may get some errors, but should be easy to fix depending on complexity.

Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP5.0
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[rikonen]

someone else is changing the file, so your suggest using SW Explorer to change? I will try that.

 

[rikonen]

well that will work if I subtract the part at the assembly level, how about at the part level? I typically build my core and cavity blocks as a multibody part file then export each component into it's own file before building the assembly.