Time Capsule

[quaverf]

PROBLEM - use entities created later in the time line to create features on/in entities that exist earlier in the time line.

DESCRIPTION - I created a design with 13 components that are assembled with joint relationships.  Once the basic design was completed I wanted to made modifications to components earlier in the time line using edges of entities created later in the time line.  When I open the sketches related to the older items I cannot "see" the the entities existing later in the time line, therefore, I cannot use "Project", for examle.

To get around this I created a new sketch at the end of the time line, projected the geometry from the later entities, added sufficient dimensional details to the sketch, took a screen capture, closed the sketch I just created, opened the sketch for the older entity I wanted to modify and references the screen capture created the necessary sketch elements.  Closed the modified sketch, performed the extrusion.  Deleted the new sketch that was created to capture the features from the later entities.

NEW IDEA - would be nice to be able to capture geomtry from entities later in the time line and carry them back to early points in the time line.  It is not necessary to maintain and linked relationship for the features that are carried back in time.  Just capture the current state.

Thanks,

Rick

[schneik-adsk]

If you create the sketch plane on object that exist early in the design, like the origin for example, then you can project objects into the sketch. Then for the projected items, you can select items and "Break Link" from the sketch context menu. Then you can drag the sketch earlier into the timeline.

As slong as there are no refrences to later objects you can move the sketch earlier.  Make sense?