View Representations

[alphaguru]

I understand the differences between simplified, default, and master reps in WF2. Can anyone tell me what the symbolic, graphics, and geometric reps are? (IN THE VIEW MANAGER) This would be much appreciated.

 

[JohnAndrews]

From the cd on-line help:

The Graphics Representation contain information for display only and allows you to browse through a large assembly quickly. You cannot modify or reference graphics representations. The type of graphic display available depends on the setting of the save_model_display configuration option, the last time the assembly was saved

Geometry representations provide complete geometry for components and require more time to retrieve and use more memory than the graphics representations. You can use them to remove hidden lines, obtain measure information, and accurately calculate mass properties. You can also reference them when working with assemblies. For example, you can assemble a component and mate it to a geometry representation of another part.

When the geometry representation of an assembly is retrieved, the intersection geometry is "placed on top of" the geometry retrieved from the part files of the intersected components. The same functionality is available for these intersections as is available for intersections with master representations. The geometry representation feature intersections can be referenced for the placement and creation of components and features. Unlike graphics representations, geometry representation intersections update to changes made to the assembly (but not changes made to the part), such as dimension modification, feature redefinition, change in component placement, and so forth. Also, intersections can be added or removed from part geometry representations, and new features can be created that intersect the part geometry representations.

Symbolic representations allow you to represent components by a symbol. The symbol is placed similarly to a datum point. Symbolic point tags for the default symbolic symbol are visible in assembly. Note that It is very difficult to differentiate them with datum point features, if the datum point display is on.