Simplified Rep.

[jfollo5]

Hello,
Thank you all for the great answers to my previous question.
The problem I am having now is I needed to dimension a Button Carrier with drafts and rounds. The drawing would not dimension the rounds that are drafted. I got some great feedback on how to accomplish this. I used the Simplified Rep. option to remove my drafts and replaced the rounds. Problem with this is when I make a drawing it would not bring this Rep. in. So I did some research and noticed I needed to make a "Aclelerate Geomsnpshot" to be able to use the model in the drawing. Problem is, Pro/E does not save this "Snapshot" as a file so when I went to open my drawing back up Pro/E said that the part file was not found. Weird.
Is there anyway to make a Simp. Rep. and be able to use this in my drawing and have the drawing pull in the part then next time I open it? Or should I just make a 2nd part and dimension that?
Sorry for the lengthy question.

Thanks,
John

 

[3dlogix]

whenever you add a model to a drawing, all its REPS are added to.

You need to select VIEW/DRAWING MODELS/SET-ADD REP.

That's it.

Steve

http://www.3dlogix.com

 

[im4cad]

John,

To be able to dimension the rounds of a drafted part you have 2 options:
1. Create a family table having an instance without drafts, but having the rounds. This is not a real view (it's kind of cheating), but you'll be able to dimension the rounds using an orthogonal view.
2. Create a section (or even just a detail) perpendicular to the round, and dimension the round. I like more this because is a real view.
Snapshots are not recommended because they do not update when you update the 3D model ;-)
im4cad
Pro Design Services, Inc.

http://www.cadproe.com/pds/home.asp

 

[donha]

The answer is really simple. Create a note with a leader on the drawing that includes the driving dimension: "TRUE R&d100". &d100 representing the driving radius dimension of your model. It is not often this has to be done, and is a dimension on the print that can be modified and drives the model.