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2010 PRODUCTIVITY SUMMITASSEMBLYASSEMBLY
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Synchronous Edits in Assembly
• IPA for editing
• Editing multiple components simultaneously
• Live Section editing in assemblies
Mixed assemblies – Synchronous and Traditional parts/sub-assemblies
• Assembly Inter-Part copies
• Move Subassembly Components option
• Assembly Features
Working with Large Assemblies
Custom Templates
Assembly
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Parts Priority (IPA)
Selection filter set to Parts Priority Double clicking to In Place Activate Full suite of part modeling tools become available The PathFinder stays in the context of the assembly
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Inter-Part Copy Uses the command bar Is not associative in the synchronous environment
In Place Edit
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Assembly Selection Filter
Selection Filter - Synchronous Faces – Selects one or more faces for edit
Part must be active for face selection Parts – Selects one or more parts
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Select - Traditional Many utilities for selecting parts in the assembly
Assembly Select Tools
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Face Priority Selection
Face selection filter in assembly Select a single face or
select multiple faces across multiple parts
Using the Steering Wheel you can move the faces simultaneously Keypoints can be selected to move a face(s)
to other geometry in the assembly
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Selecting multiple faces on the samepart will behave exactly as if you werein the part document outside the contextof an assembly The same Live Rules will be applied Symmetry is based on the location of the
base coordinate system in the part document
Face Priority Selection
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Selecting multiple faces on different parts will allow the faces to move together as if each part were being modified within their respective part documents The same Live Rules will be applied Symmetry is based on the location of
the base coordinate system in eachof the part documents
Face Priority Selection
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AssemblyMotate Part/Face Together
Motate? It’s not a typo… Move Rotate These steering wheel operations are only available in a synchronous
assembly
If all faces of a synchronous part in a synchronous assembly are selected, the whole part is moved
If a traditional part or an inactive part is selected, the part will be selected and moved / rotated per the steering wheel operation
If individual faces of active synchronous parts are selected, live rules are displayed and drive edits
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AssemblyMotate Part/Face Together
Steering Wheel operations aware of assembly constraints - Part edit If one or more parts are moved
When moving many occurrences, relationships internal to the selection are maintained
Relationships external to the selection are suppressed to allow the move
Any of these external relations that are still consistent after the move are kept, the others are deleted
Floating constraints are restored with new offset value Fix constraint is reapplied at new location
If a selected part resides in a subassembly, its location in the subassembly is affected
If a subassembly is selected, the subassembly is affected
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AssemblyMotate Part/Face Together
Motate aware of assembly constraints – Face edit Face edits drive assembly constraints Assembly constraints do not drive faces Face edits will drive assembly constraints real-time
Parts will move if possible during the face edit When moving a face, SE always keeps the assembly relationships
and the system may become over-defined because of the edit (relationship will display as “sick”)
Sick relationships can then besuppressed or deleted
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AssemblyMotate Part/Face Together
Editing Sync Part/SM Procedural features, flanges, faces Faces and Edges can be stretched and rotated
Includes support for Relate Procedural Features/SM Flanges can be stretched and rotated
Such as holes and patterns Attribute values of Procedural features other then holes can NOT be
modified from the assembly IPA is required to modify Procedural Features other than holes
Live Rules are displayed and used to control geometry Dimensions are displayed as applicable faces are selected Dimensions can be used by themselves or with multiple parts/faces
selected
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Relate in Assembly
Using the Relate option Works similarly to Relate option in Part/SheetMetal environments Relations across parts are not persistent Target faces can be on Synchronous or Traditional parts or
sheet metal models Command must be entered for each edit Part must be active
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AssemblySection Editing in Assembly
Section Editing is enabled within Synchronous Assemblies Display of Live Sections is set under
“Show Hide Components” (RMB on the part you would like to see the Live Section for)
Live Sections can only be created from the part level Editing of parts by Live Section is only
available within a synchronous assembly Section edges are selectable via Quick Pick when
Select is set on Face Priority Edges from multiple parts can be selected
with any selection set Edges from multiple parts
Other faces or other parts
Dimensions can be used to drive multiple objects
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Mixing Traditional & Synchronous Models
Can mix synchronous and traditional parts and assemblies
No restrictions on in-place activation
Both synchronous and traditional can be created in-place regardless of whether you are in a traditional or synchronous assembly
SynchronousAssembly
SynchronousAssembly
Sync Part Trad Part
SynchronousAssembly
Trad Part Sync Part
Trad Part Sync Part
TraditionalAssembly
Sync Part
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Mixing Traditional & Synchronous Models
Synchronous modeling available only for synchronous parts in a synchronous assembly
Synchronous modeling operations are NOT available for:
- synchronous parts in a traditional assembly
- traditional parts in a synchronous assembly.
SynchronousAssembly
SynchronousAssembly
Trad Part
Sync Part
TraditionalAssembly
Sync Part
Sync Part
Trad Part
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Mixing Traditional & Synchronous Models
Assembly Inter-Part:
Availability Determined by:
- Top-Level Assembly
- Active Document Type
Sync files can drive Traditional
Traditional cannot drive Sync
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Mixing Traditional & Synchronous Models
Move Subassembly Components option To move synchronous
subassembly components you do not have to in-place activate them.
Synchronous and traditional parts in subassemblies can be manipulated from the top assembly.
Option is available with both Face Priority and Parts Priority
Traditional subassembly in a synchronous assembly is moved as a single unit
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Mixing Traditional & Synchronous Models
Assembly Features: Assembly Features will work on
synchronous parts
Assembly Driven Part Features will not modify synchronous parts
Assembly Weldments will work with synchronous parts
Available in traditional assembly only
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Click ESC during file open of an assembly and SE will stop loading the parts and just open the assembly document?
Dependant upon when exactly ESC is clicked during the file-open process
Working with Large Assemblies
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Open assembly structure not the components Super fast file open allows better control of
what’s opened
Working with Large Assemblies
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Working with Large Assemblies
Simplified parts in conjunction with a simplified assembly improve assembly performance
Faster creation of the simplified assembly representation because there are fewer total surfaces to evaluate
Reduced assembly document size, which reduces memory demand
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Working with Large Assemblies
Display Configurations Display configurations store bothshow/hide statesimplified/designed state Maintain Current StateSpecifies that the current activation state (inactive or active) is not changedSpecifies that the current parts state (simplified/designed) is not changedSetting this option improves performance of large assemblies
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Working with Large Assemblies
Unloading Components Unload hidden components from physical
memory with the Unload Hidden PartsFrees up memory for other operationsMakes it easier to work with assemblies with higher component counts Auto-unload active partsEnable via PreferencesAutomatically inactivate parts that have not been “used” in the last “X” minutes
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Working with Large Assemblies
Culling Culling is active only in
dynamic view manipulations Instructs the display system
to ignore display requests for certain objects
The slider ranges from 0%, where nothing is rejected, to 100%, where all objects may be rejected
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Arc Smoothness Specifies the minimum number of
lines that represent an arc Low values (a lower number of
lines) make the display coarser Consequently, low values make
the display refresh faster and decrease the memory required for display lists
High values (a higher number of lines) make the display smoother
Consequently, high values make the display refresh slower and increase the memory required for display lists
Working with Large Assemblies
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Sharpen a View Improves the display quality of the
graphics You can improve the display quality
incrementally by: Clicking the Sharpen button more
than once Selecting a larger number from
the list More accurate display will process
more slowly Before the highest level further
Sharpen attempts produce the message "The display is at its sharpest setting."
Working with Large Assemblies
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For machines that have adequate supported CAD graphics cards make sure the Automatic Selection option is selected - This should set the mode to Graphics Card Driven (Advanced)
This setting is the optimal for the Solid Edge display system If your machine does not have a graphics card that supports this option
it is highly suggested that you obtain one that supports this option
Working with Large Assemblies
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View Transition
Be sure to UNCHECK this option This option makes the software
transition the view every time a view is manipulated from the starting orientation to the finish orientation
Working with Large Assemblies
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Process hidden edges
Be sure to UNCHECK this option This option makes the software
omit the hidden edge calculation during view manipulations.
Clearing this option can improve interactive performance during view manipulations
Working with Large Assemblies
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Fast locate when over PathFinder
Eliminates parts or sub-assemblies highlighting as the user moves the cursor across them in Assembly Pathfinder Improves selection of:
Large sub-assemblies Complex Parts
Working with Large Assemblies
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Working with Large Assemblies
Fast Locate using box display
Fast locate using box display for Parts: Checked will display the bounding box of the part
Fast locate using box display for Assemblies Checked will display the bounding box of all parts in the sub-
assembly
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Working with Large Assemblies
Occurrence properties
Reduce the amount of memory required when working with large assemblies
Higher Level - Specifies that the occurrence will be displayed when the current assembly is used in a higher level assembly
Drawing Views - Specifies that the occurrence will be displayed in drawing views created of the assembly in the Draft environment.
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For specific types of assemblies, creating custom “template” Synchronous parts can offer a unique and productive method to build an assembly
User can set a “User Templates” path to a specific folder where these template files are stored on disk Solid Edge Options File Locations User templates
Using Template Shapes for Assembly Part Creation
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As the user creates new parts in place, they can select the appropriate template file from the usertemplates tab
Using Template Shapes for Assembly Part Creation
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Using Template Shapes for Assembly Part Creation
If the template file’s origin is known, itcan be used as the insertion point byusing the “by graphic input” option
There is no need to Create and Editthe part
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