Smart Components losing reference

[jloeff]

I have encountered a problem that envolves the smart component feature and would like to know if there is a solution.

I made an assembly with the part I wanted to make a "smart component" and 3 parts that would be affected by it. All of the parts have matching configurations that are defined in the smart component assembly. In one of the parts I have a a plane at part level used to reference "up to surface" in a hole wizard... which works fine in the original assembly and with the initial insertion of the smart features. The problem comes when I change the smart component to a different configuration... the reference plane is lost.
How can I keep the plane from losing reference?

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Is the reference plane supressed in some of the configs?


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[jloeff]

The reference plane exists and is resolved in all configurations in the defining assembly of the smart component.

In a new assembly with the smart component inserted and mated:
After I insert the smart features, I change the component properties of the smart component to a different configuration and get the error in the component with the hole wizard feature referencing the plane. Even when I edit the hole wizard feature added by the smart feature and reselect the reference plane, it gets lost when I select a different configuration and come back to the one that I reselected the plane in.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Have you tried using a DT to maintain the configs & their respective mates? That should make the assy more stable.

What SW/SP version are you using?

If SW05, try suppressing & unsupressing the mates.


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[jloeff]

Each part has it's own design table and the defining assembly has a configuration table. All mates and features are unsuppressed and all features are configuration specific. I have tried different methods, but I want to use the hole wizard feature to keep my hole callouts consistent.
I am using SW2006 SP4.1

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Is the plane used for the "Up to surface" hole positioned differently between configs?
Can you replace that hole depth with an actual dimension in the part DT?


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