Align axis and datumplane ?

[EddyVE]

When adding a part to an assembly, I seem to recollect that in Pro/Engineer 2000i2, I could constrain the part by aligning an axis to a datumplane.


In WildFire 1.0 I haven't been able to do this .. Is that still possible ?


Kind regards
Eddy

 

[arroyopr]

you have to insert a dtm perendicular then you insert the axis.


hope this work for you.


btw this is on wf2 it could the same wf1, just give it a shot.


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[EddyVE]

Hi,



Thanks for your reply, but I think you misunderstood my question.



When you have an assembly and want to insert another part, you have to constrain that part to the assembly.

I would like to align an axis of the part to a datum plane of the assembly, but I can't seem to do this in WildFire 1.0 ...

What am I doing wrong?



I could add another datum plane through the axis in the part, and then
align the datum plane to the datum plane of the assembly, but that
would be more work ..



Kind regards

Eddy

 

[arroyopr]

sorry for my stupidity. i tried doing it the way just explain it ( thankyou for elaborate so well) i can't do it either. unless have a piont or csys on the plane.

 

[Dell_Boy]

Maybe your memory is not strictly accurate. There appears to be no way
of aligning a component axis to an assembly datum plane in 2001



Perhaps you are confusing it with the selective ability to CREATE an
axis that is aligned to one datum plane and and/or offset from another
under the "Two Planes" option.





DB

 

[EddyVE]

Dell_boy,


You are right. I just tried to do that in Pro/E 2000i2 and I could not align an axis with a datum plane. I must be mistaken .
You know what they say ... memory is the second thing to go when you get older ...

It would be a handy feature though, don't you think ?

Kind regards
Eddy