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I'm not necessarily looking for easier, I am looking for more consistence with fewer errors. If I only input the info once it is either correct everywhere or wrong everywhere, and easier to spot. I already have my assemblies set up with the pipe sizes that have to be cut in the sheet metal that these go. I design cylindrical containment tanks. I have 3 inputs. Size, Elevation, Orientation. It then cuts the holes in the correct places and aligns the axis to these holes so that I can place nozzles in the correct places. I have numerous other inputs as well, shell height, shell orientation, material, tank I.D., tank height, tank thickness. These inputs take my design time down from 3 days to 1 and increase my consistency phenomenally while decreasing my errors.

 

With the inputs already there I can then further my code to change the nozzle to the correct size. These are not simple models and assemblies, so the complexity of adaptive features would be high. Also I would have to make each nozzle adaptive to the assembly on all tanks, instead of making one model that ties to the iLogic and always updates to the rules. By making my modelling time so short I can then dedicate more time to detailing drawings.

 

While I appreciate your method of adaptivity, I don't believe it is the best method for my assemblies. If in the end I have to go to each nozzle and change the size manually I can, but automating that process would again lower errors and save time.