Iparts - Suppressions and Sketches - bla bla bla

[Anonymous]

Hi there

I might be way of here, but

I am creating an complex IPart, where I suppress different features for each
Ipart child. In one case, I get an error message for a sketch wich is
constrained to a suppressed feature, even though the sketch itself is in a
suppressed feature.

Why is a sketch in a suppressed feature evaluated?

If a feature is suppressed, how come all other features relying on this
feature is not automatically suppressed? Normal behavior in MDT!

/ Michael

[Anonymous]

Michael,

Is the sketch in question shared?

There is some strange behavior with shared sketches being evaluated even
if they are suppressed. This is actually the solution to sketches that
lose their way through suppression-share them so they calculate.

QBZ


"Michael Christoffersen" wrote in message
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> Hi there
>
> I might be way of here, but
>
> I am creating an complex IPart, where I suppress different features
for each
> Ipart child. In one case, I get an error message for a sketch wich is
> constrained to a suppressed feature, even though the sketch itself is
in a
> suppressed feature.
>
> Why is a sketch in a suppressed feature evaluated?
>
> If a feature is suppressed, how come all other features relying on
this
> feature is not automatically suppressed? Normal behavior in MDT!
>
> / Michael
>
>
>

[Anonymous]

No this is not a shared sketch.

Am I missing something out here, shouldnt all dependant features be
suppressed, when a feature is suppressed?



"Quinn Zander" wrote in message
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> Michael,
>
> Is the sketch in question shared?
>
> There is some strange behavior with shared sketches being evaluated even
> if they are suppressed. This is actually the solution to sketches that
> lose their way through suppression-share them so they calculate.
>
> QBZ
>
>
> "Michael Christoffersen" wrote in message
> news:1FD21D1AF51C9C8CB0F592BA6D527A1D@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Hi there
> >
> > I might be way of here, but
> >
> > I am creating an complex IPart, where I suppress different features
> for each
> > Ipart child. In one case, I get an error message for a sketch wich is
> > constrained to a suppressed feature, even though the sketch itself is
> in a
> > suppressed feature.
> >
> > Why is a sketch in a suppressed feature evaluated?
> >
> > If a feature is suppressed, how come all other features relying on
> this
> > feature is not automatically suppressed? Normal behavior in MDT!
> >
> > / Michael
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

Well, one would think that if it is suppressed it should really be
suppressed.

If you haven't noticed, IV has the ability to reference parameters that
are created later in earlier defined equations. You can define a
parameter (or d-value) at the end of the design and stick it in an
equation above itself in the parameters table.

I don't *think* MDT can do this.

I would assume that this has something to do with sketches being read
"as a whole" regardless of suppression.... I think the word to use is
recursive solving.

If you look carefully in your Parameter Dialog, you will probably see
this.

QBZ


"Michael Christoffersen" wrote in message
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> No this is not a shared sketch.
>
> Am I missing something out here, shouldnt all dependant features be
> suppressed, when a feature is suppressed?

[Anonymous]

You might be right. The model has become quite complex. And I have solved
the problem, by making each sketch completely independent, - only
constraining to Part Origin.

/ Michael

"Quinn Zander" wrote in message
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> Well, one would think that if it is suppressed it should really be
> suppressed.
>
> If you haven't noticed, IV has the ability to reference parameters that
> are created later in earlier defined equations. You can define a
> parameter (or d-value) at the end of the design and stick it in an
> equation above itself in the parameters table.
>
> I don't *think* MDT can do this.
>
> I would assume that this has something to do with sketches being read
> "as a whole" regardless of suppression.... I think the word to use is
> recursive solving.
>
> If you look carefully in your Parameter Dialog, you will probably see
> this.
>
> QBZ
>
>
> "Michael Christoffersen" wrote in message
> news:B51EB5A6F68D04B1F5562A779978B70A@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > No this is not a shared sketch.
> >
> > Am I missing something out here, shouldnt all dependant features be
> > suppressed, when a feature is suppressed?
>
>

[Anonymous]

MDT has been able to do this since before you quit using it I believe. 8^)

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"Quinn Zander" wrote in message
>
> I don't *think* MDT can do this.