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dakeb1 said:Why would you need a flexible part in part mode? The point of flexible parts is they are manufactured to a certain size, i.e. the free length of a spirng, the free state of a rubber pad, etc., and the part drawing details them in that free state.
Of course, you then fit them to an assembly and the flexibility is required to fit them, e.g, a compressed spring. The part can be used in multiple assemblies with differing dimensions in each, without affecting the manufacturing detail of the part.
At the part level it is flexible anyway because you can simply modify the dimension to whatever you want it to be. If you are talking about having various sizes of a part, maybe you need a family table, e.g. different lengths of a screw. If you change the basic size of a part in it's free state you affect it's fit/form/function and should have a different part number for each instance.
Maybe if you described how you would apply part flexibility at the part level we may be able to help?
Regards,
David
tosh382 said:I understand you flexibility need ...
You are in the design process and you want things to move between the assembly and the part ... or versa visa ...
First you need to plan a strategy on which one you want to remember that has the relationships in it ...
Generally I know the part or parts that are going to flex the most. So I design all parts in the assembly mode, even the the cuts& protrudes.
Just activate the part in the assembly and create a sketch and use/offset edges and/or create concentric circles. Now all of the relationships are being stored in the assembly file, which you must remember. I usually name those assembly files 'design-aids.asm'.
Once all of the design is done, then you must open each part file and select each feature and unalign them from the other parts or assemblies and dimension them.