VIEW REP

[rajeshindi]

Hi,

(still trying to work with and under view rep better)

i design lot of assembly.  which would have assembly 1-bottom tool, assembly 1-top tool, assembly 2-top tool, assembly 2-bottom tool etc.  but, once everything is finished, i need to convert the entire assembly to machine shop by converting it in to STEP file.  But, the problem I have is, while creating this assembly I have created lot of parts which i used to create other parts but I am not using it in the assembly.  When ever I was creating view reps, I have switched the visibility off and saved the file.  But, now I have 300 different parts and atleast 30 plus parts i need to switch the visibility off while converting the file to .step or .xt files.

I thought if I am able to switch on 4 reps mentioned above, it becomes very easy for me to export the only required parts.  How to do it?  At present I am switching on the master view rep. and then switching all other unwanted parts off and exporting.  Any other ways?

I had some opportunity to work with other software and the desinger was putting all his unwanted items in a dedicated layer called Junks and he was able to switch on and off multiple assembly or layers at the same time.  Would I be able to play with view reps like that? 

Your feedback would be much appreciated

[Yong.Jing]

You could use ShrinkWrap to export different view into one part, then export it as STEP file to machine shop.

[rajeshindi]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.  Sounds good.  Is there any video clip or a sample part to understand better.