<castlebravo242@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>I want do model a set of bevel gears and a housing. First file, all
>features are defined with a common construction geometry sketch and a
>design table. The second file is one of the bevel gears. The third file
is
>the other bevel gear. The fourth file is the housing. or at least enough
of
>it to locate the gears. How do I go about tying all of this together. At
>the moment I am using one file to define and model all of the parts,
saving
>it as three different part files, inserting them in the assembly and
>suppressing unwanted copies of the parts.
Bob,
Some people use a construction assembly with the the layout sketch, the
two
gears and the housing. That way you keep the parts separated from the
first,
but you have an extra assembly. Some people use the Split Part feature to
save off the three bodies into separate parts. That used to be a bit
flaky,
which is why some people do it the way you are doing it, but it has gotten
quite a bit better and is supposed to be even better in 2009. If you plan
on
reusing and renaming your base part and the split parts, you might want to
stick with the way you are doing it until 2009 proves that it can handle
that painlessly.
Jerry Steiger
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