Product Analysis

[slcad]

Hi there,

I recently ran into the following problem: I used some links between parts in the context of an assembly. After some component reordering, I needed of course some isolating and redefining the context. Now I have a final version of the assembly where everything is defined in the right context, and to my surprise I had some "broken links", i.e. they were impossible to be synchronized. I use V12SP4 (still needed for some of our customers, unfortunately...), but one of my colleagues also encountered this problem using V14SP3. In our case, the assemblies were small and easy manageable. I was told using publications makes it easier, but I never considered the option (till now).

Now the real problem: we have some people working with huge assemblies (plastic molds) and they don´t use publications... only linked solids... Is there any tool (in Assembly Design, Product Structure, Mold Tooling Desing,...) where one can see if there are any broken links (something similar to Parametrization Analysis" in Part Desing / GSD)?

Thanks in advance!

Stely

 

[jackk]

Have you tried ANALYZE + CONSTRAINTS ?

 

[slcad]

Well, that´s not exactly what I need... Rather something like "Parametrization Analysis - External References". Of course, the above-mentioned analysis is made at the PART level. I was interested about something similar at the (sub-)PRODUCT level...

 

[DBezaire]

Slcad - not a 1 button solution, double pick top of assembly, select each part - contextual menu --> components --> define contextual links. The very last column will indicate status.

Regards,
Derek