editing sketch

[rajeshindi]

I am trying to edit a sketch in a muliti body part file.  While I am trying to edit, it displays all other solid bodies which is not required.  How to switch them off displaying unnecessary solid bodies while editing a sketch?

[mcgyvr]

Expand the solid bodies folder and right click on the one you are editing and select "hide others" or turn off visibility on any one you don't want to see.

[JDMather]

I was able to reproduce the issue.

As long as your sketch is a dependent of parent geometry - that parent will appear when you edit the child.

Use only workplanes and the origin for sketches if possible.

[rajeshindi]

Thanks JDM,

Would you consider this as a bug or an issue that need to be fixed by autodesk.  Becuase I dont see any use in displaying all other solids while editing one sketch.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! This behavior is related to model roll back. When there is dependency between two features, the parent will have to be visible when the child is edited.

In your case, it is possible that these "unrelated" solids, although independent, have feature dependency. For example, if you delete Extrusion1 (or any upstream feature), some downstream features will be deleted. Unfortunately, this is how Inventor works.

If your file exhibits behavior inconsistent with the above description, please attach it here or send it to me via email. I will take a look and see if the behavior is correct.

Thanks!

[rajeshindi]

Hi All,

I built the whole assembly (press tool) based on 1 solid part model provided by the customer.  Whole assembly I build around this.  Once I am 100% satisfied then I convert it into assembly file and add fasterners (Bolt connection).  The reason why I try to approach like this is because of the easy use of boolean operations, associative features and the easy use of 1 single sketch to create multiple solid bodies like punch, die and stripper with multiple offsets.

Here are the questions?

1.  Am I approaching the design in a wrong method?

2. I am happy with JDM's approach of creating work planes using origins.  Please refer to the dwg attached.  I created work plane offset from origins and created a sketch, still other solid parts are visible behind.  Your opinion please?

Thanks.

[JDMather]

I don't think any extra user-created workplanes are needed.

I don't think I would have modeled the assembly the way you did (but without the part file.....)