Assemblies to parts

[tomh]

How would I go about creating parts from assemblies in WF2?


Thanks,


Tom

 

[tomh]

Let me clarify: I would like to save an assembly as a part.

 

[james.lynch]

now I've never done it but from my understanding there are a few ways..


the first is to copy all of the exterior surfaces (maybe through copy geometry or publish geometry) then put them into a new part, merge them together and solidify it..


the second again involves edit/merge.. again I've never used it but read about it.. probably in this forum... do a search you might find a better explaination..


sorry I couldn't be of more help..


James

 

[puppet]

why woudl u want to do that>?

you know u can add assemblies to other assemblies.



but what u can do is merge parts.

edit -> feature operations -> advanced -> merge... from memory

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[james.lynch]

take a look at this post.. they say to use Shrinkwrap..


http://www.mcadcentral.com/proe/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23 013&KW=merge+part


or this one deals with the merge method..


[url]http://www.mcadcentral.com/proe/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22 578&KW=merge+part[/url]
Edited by: james.lynch

 

[tomh]

I want to take assemblies we get from vendors and convert them to parts. That way in the Bill of Materials I only display the parts nessessary.


Thanks,


Tom

 

[tomh]

Duh! Thank you james.lynch. For some reason I completely forgot about that.


Thanks!


Tom

 

[james.lynch]

Glad I could help!

 

[donha]

File>Save as>Shrinkwrap or create a new part and choose "Insert>Shared data>Shrinkwrap from other model"