Crazy Question? Adaptivity

[SRayC]

I am little embarassed to ask such a question, but if you don't ask you won't get an answer. Here goes.
I am working in sheet metal (panel builder). I want to create a group of models of components that are mounted on and into sheet steel panels. These components will have portions that would need to extrude through the panel. (Now the question) Is there anyway in the assembly mode that when placing these components on the panel that setting some sort of adaptivity that it would automatically cut the material out of the sheet steel panel in the area of the interference? Ultimate adaptivity!! This would eliminate the need to punch the panel first and then place the device.

What do you think.

Ray C.

[Anonymous]

assemble the components inside the assembly. Edit
the panel from inside the assembly, start a sketch on the face where you want to
make the cut and then project the profile of the components to the sketch. Then
just extrude as a cut.

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I
am little embarassed to ask such a question, but if you don't ask you won't
get an answer. Here goes.
I am working in sheet metal (panel builder). I
want to create a group of models of components that are mounted on and into
sheet steel panels. These components will have portions that would need to
extrude through the panel. (Now the question) Is there anyway in the assembly
mode that when placing these components on the panel that setting some sort of
adaptivity that it would automatically cut the material out of the sheet steel
panel in the area of the interference? Ultimate adaptivity!! This would
eliminate the need to punch the panel first and then place the device.

What do you think.

Ray C.

[SRayC]

Thanks Donovan,
That works pretty good. Not quite automatic but its a start.
I have another question. I can't seem to find a way to save the modified steel part as a new file. Any suggestions.

Ray C.

[Anonymous]

save a copy of the modification? or save a copy of
the flat pattern?

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Thanks
Donovan,
That works pretty good. Not quite automatic but its a start.

I have another question. I can't seem to find a way to save the modified
steel part as a new file. Any suggestions.

Ray C.

[SRayC]

Save a copy of the modification as a new part file with a different name. I will create the flat latter.

[Anonymous]

dropdown menu file>save copy as> this is
where you can create new copies of an existing file to modify. It's also where
you would save a part or assembly out into another file
format. 

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Save
a copy of the modification as a new part file with a different name. I will
create the flat latter.

[SRayC]

This seems to only allow me to save the assembly of the modified steel part and component as a new iam file. I need to save the modified steel part only as a new ipt file.

[Anonymous]

save copy as inside the ipt

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This
seems to only allow me to save the assembly of the modified steel part and
component as a new iam file. I need to save the modified steel part only as a
new ipt file.

[SRayC]

I am having trouble with this one. The steel part is modified with an assembly feature(extruded cutout). According to the documentation assembly features do not affect the part model. I have tried highlighting the steel part and then save copy as but the part does not include the new cutout. I need to find a way to modify a part in the assembly and then save the modified part as new part.
I may repost with my new issue.
Thanks

[Anonymous]

Assembly features will not affect the part
model(s), but adaptive cut-extrusions will.

And if you don't Save-Copy-As but Derive the part,
any changes in the original part will be
reflected in the "NewPart.ipt"

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I
am having trouble with this one. The steel part is modified with an assembly
feature(extruded cutout). According to the documentation assembly features do
not affect the part model. I have tried highlighting the steel part and then
save copy as but the part does not include the new cutout. I need to find a
way to modify a part in the assembly and then save the modified part as new
part.
I may repost with my new issue.
Thanks

[SRayC]

Thanks! The Derived Part worked well. But how do you make the extrusion adaptive. I was able to make the part with the assembly extrusion adaptive but that did nothing to the part.