Advanced Assembly Modeling Techniques
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Learn to create design view representations, flexible assemblies, overlay drawing views, and improve assembly capacity and performance. Understand contact detection, mirroring assemblies, and more in this comprehensive chapter.
Advanced Assembly Modeling Techniques
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Chapter 9 - Objectives • After completing this chapter, you will be able to perform the following: • Create design view representations • Create flexible assemblies • Create positional representations • Create overlay drawing views • Improve assembly capacity and performance • Detect contact in assemblies • Mirror an assembly
Chapter 9 – Objectives - Continued • After completing this chapter, you will be able to perform the following: • Copy an assembly • Create assembly work features • Create assembly features • Work with 2D components in assemblies • Locate tools related to the Content Center and Design Accelerator
Design View Representations • Save configurations that show the assembly in different states, stores the following • Component visibility (visible or not visible) • Component selection status (enabled or not enabled) • Color settings and style characteristics applied in the assembly • Zoom magnification • Viewing angle
Design View Representations • Create New Design View Representation • Make Active • Rename • Lock • Public vs. Private Design Views
Design View Representations • New Design View Representation • Make Active – check mark • Lock – view changes are not reflected in locked Design View Representation
Design View Representations • Set Design View when placing an assembly file • Options button • Select Design View
Private Design View Representations • Same as a Public Design View Representation buts creates an IDV file • Should accompany assembly file
Drawings From Design View Representations • Select Representation from list • Associative – Yes / No
Flexible Assemblies • Set Flexible property to a subassembly to allow movement independent from other occurrences of the subassembly
Flexible Assemblies • Right-click on the subassembly in browser or graphics window and click Flexible from the menu.
Positional Representations • Create a motion study of an assembly model • Based on positional representation
Positional Representations • Override Settings for an assembly constraint • Rename • Override
Positional Representations • Override Settings for an assembly constraint • Suppression • Value
Positional Representations • Edit Positional Representation • Panel Bar • Spreadsheet
Positional Representations • Create Base Views based on Positional Representation
Design View Representations • Level of Detail • Copy to Level of Detail • Improve performance
Creating Overlay Views • Overlay views document positional representations of an assembly in a single view.
Exercise 9-1 • Positional Representations
Capacity and Performance • Improve the performance when creating drawing files. Effect the preview of the view and increase performance by reducing what is displayed prior to view creation • Application Options > Drawing tab • Show Preview As • All Components, Partial, and Bounding Box • Section View Preview as Uncut • Memory Saving Mode
Capacity and Performance • Improve the performance when creating drawing files. Effect the preview of the view and increase performance by reducing what is displayed prior to view creation • Application Options > Drawing tab • Use Bitmap for Shaded Views • Always or Offline Only • Image Fidelity • Memory Saving Mode • Preview Option
Capacity Meter • Capacity meter shows • Number of the left displays the number of occurrences in the active file • Number on the right displays the number of files in the session. • A memory graph or meter displays the amounts of system RAM and amount of RAM that is free • Options - Right-click a toolbar, select Customize and then select the Toolbars tab
Levels of Detail Representations • Improve capacity and performance in modeling and drawing environments • Suppress components • Right-click on component • Browser • Graphics Window
Levels of Detail Representations • In assembly file • Expand Representations folder • Select required Level of Detail • Open existing assembly • Click Options • Select required Level of Detail
Levels of Detail Representations • Creating a drawing view of an assembly select a Level of Detail Representation to be used from the drawing view dialog box.
Contact Detection Solver • Determines how assembled components behave when a mechanical motion is applied • Document Settings - Activate Contact Solver
Contact Detection Solver • Add components to set • Browser • Graphics Window • Under constrained components
Contact Detection Solver • Driven constraint • Contact will drive under constrained components that are in the Contact Set
Mirroring Components in an Assembly • Mirror assembly components or an entire assembly in the current design file • In an assembly click the Mirror Components tool
Mirroring Components in an Assembly • Select a plane to mirror components about
Mirroring Components in an Assembly • Select components to mirror and select operation for each component
Mirroring Components in an Assembly • More area of the dialog box • Reuse Standard Content and Factory Parts • Preview Components • Mirrored • Reuse • Standard Content
Mirroring Components in an Assembly • File Names • Prefix • Suffix • Naming Scheme
Copying Components in an Assembly • Copy assembly components or an entire assembly in the current design file • Copy Components tool • Select components in graphics screen or Browser
Copying Components in an Assembly Select components to copy and select operation for each component
Copying Components in an Assembly • File Names • Naming Scheme • Prefix • Suffix
Exercise 9-2 • Mirroring Assembly Components
Assembly Work Features • Create work planes and axes between parts in an assembly by selecting edges or points on parts. • These work features remain tied to each associated part and adjust accordingly as the assembly is modified
Assembly Features • Assembly features are features that are defined in an assembly • Only affect a part when the part is viewed in the context of the assembly • Assembly features only remove material
Assembly Sketched • In an assembly sketch on a part’s: • Face • A part’s work plane • An assembly work plane
Assembly Feature Tools • Assembly features exist only at the assembly level • They do not affect the individual part files
Assembly Feature • Removing and Adding Participants
Exercise 9-3 • Creating Assembly Features
2D Design Layout • Function before form • Create a new part • Sketch 2D geometry • Add assembly constraints
Exercise 9-4 • Creating a 2D Design Layout
Content Center • Library of standard components • Place components while in an assembly
Content Center • Publish feature to Content Center • Publish components to Content Center
Design Accelerator • Create complex parts and features based on engineering data such as ratio, torque, power, and material properties. • The Design Accelerator consists of: • Component generators • Mechanical calculators • Engineer’s Handbook
Applying Your Skills • Skill Exercise 9-1