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3dlogix
Mechanical
- Jan 31, 2002
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Sometimes in large assemblies, you may want to show the progression of the assembly from start to finish. Imagine a simple assembly made up of 2 plates and fastened with 4 bolts, 8 washers and 4 nuts. Using the EXCLUDE definition can be of some advantage.
In the assembly, make the simplf rep and use the Exclude rule. Let's call this simplf rep "PLATES". This allows you to select items from the screen or Model Tree, and ProE will keep the ones you picked. All others will not be shown in this simplf rep.
Why is this important? Say that the first simplf rep "PLATES", was made using Exclude and you picked the 2 plates. All other components would not be shown.
Now when you go back to the Master Rep and add some other component to the assembly, this new component will NOT show up in the simplf rep named "PLATES" since it was not picked using the Exclude definition.
So no matter what components you add in the assembly, they will never appear in the simplf rep named "PLATES".
If you made the same simplf rep using the Master definition, then all new assembly componenets added would appear in the rep.
In the next step, we will create a new rep "PLATES_WITH_WASHERS" and use the COPY and pick the previous rep "PLATES". The new rep wil have the 2 plates already shown, and now we can add the 4 washers. The advantage of this approach is that we build successive simplf reps based on previous reps, much like an assembly line where the product gets mor eand more components as it goes from one work station to the next.
Have fun with EXCLUDE.
Steve
In the assembly, make the simplf rep and use the Exclude rule. Let's call this simplf rep "PLATES". This allows you to select items from the screen or Model Tree, and ProE will keep the ones you picked. All others will not be shown in this simplf rep.
Why is this important? Say that the first simplf rep "PLATES", was made using Exclude and you picked the 2 plates. All other components would not be shown.
Now when you go back to the Master Rep and add some other component to the assembly, this new component will NOT show up in the simplf rep named "PLATES" since it was not picked using the Exclude definition.
So no matter what components you add in the assembly, they will never appear in the simplf rep named "PLATES".
If you made the same simplf rep using the Master definition, then all new assembly componenets added would appear in the rep.
In the next step, we will create a new rep "PLATES_WITH_WASHERS" and use the COPY and pick the previous rep "PLATES". The new rep wil have the 2 plates already shown, and now we can add the 4 washers. The advantage of this approach is that we build successive simplf reps based on previous reps, much like an assembly line where the product gets mor eand more components as it goes from one work station to the next.
Have fun with EXCLUDE.
Steve