Through All - When to use?

[m-d-e]

Apart from when removing material, when is "through all" used? I never use it for anything else. Can't think of any other use for it either. There must be another use for it because otherwise removing material should be the default option. Like it is when making an extrusion in an assembly. Please enlighten me.

 

[ttroglio]

Why would there be another use? You can remove material to something other than thru all. Example, to a depth, or, up to a surface that may or may not be in direct line with the material to be removed. Order of feature creation is critical here to making sure thru all works as you intend.

Thru all is great when that is your design intent. You don't have to create a relation to make things always go thru something. Your intent is "thru all, all the time"

 

[fiebigc]

I use "through all" all of the time. I like the through all option because it eliminates the need for another reference. For instance is you select the bottom surface to drive the hole to then that feature can break if that surface disappears.

Reducing the number of references reduces dependency which will make your model more stable. This is a subtle point that can make the difference between productivity and frustration.

 

[m-d-e]

What I mean is that when in an assembly you can't do else than removing material when extruding, for instance. Why isn't remove material automatically selected when choosing through all? That's why I thought there must be another use for it.

 

[sanjeevkar1]

I use "through all" all of the time. I like the through all option because it eliminates the need for another reference. For instance is you select the bottom surface to drive the hole to then that feature can break if that surface disappears.

Reducing the number of references reduces dependency which will make your model more stable. This is a subtle point that can make the difference between productivity and frustration.

i like the above line.

 

[robzillapop]

For small parts yes, it would be a great default option. When working with large assemblies and using Topdown design, not having this as an option would be a nightmare. With ProE being the number 1 parametric software for large assemblies and topdown, I think its better that they keep this an option. Or at least make assign it a config option so the user can choose

 

[ttroglio]

What I mean is that when in an assembly you can't do else than removing material when extruding, for instance. Why isn't remove material automatically selected when choosing through all? That's why I thought there must be another use for it.

Ah, now that you specify in an assembly the answer changes. In an assembly you can only REMOVE material, you cannot add material. i.e. you cannot add a protrusion as you found out. However, you can still remove to a depth

 

[kdem]

You can use it to add material when you have extrusions that are not connected. For example:

 

[m-d-e]

Thank you, kdem!