Johnson,
It's not proprietary so I can post it in here (it's a mock-up example).
Find attached.
For H02.idw replace the base model with H02.iam (it's got H01 as the Base already).
What happens is, H02 comes in as the EndView instead of the SideView.
I would like to know what I can do to make it come in as the SideView correctly oriented.
Thanx!
UPDATE #1:
I did a test on this today to see if I could figure out what was preventing me from doing this and to see what may be the driving factors in swapping out models in drawing views. This is what I did:
1. Open a new assembly
2. Insert assembly 'B' into it
3. Reposition assembly 'B' so it is oriented the same as assembly 'A' with respect to the WorldAxes.
4. Copy drawing of assembly 'A'
5. Change filename of assembly 'A' (I add a '-' at the end of the name before the extension)
6. Open the copied drawing
7. When it errors b/c it can't find assembly 'A', then pick assembly 'B'
8. Assembly 'B' comes in exactly as assembly 'A'
9. Re-attach all dimensions to assembly 'B' in the view.
Done!
There are problems with this method that have to do with iProperties and iLogic.
But the PartsList works fine b/c it's on PartsOnly.
Question:
Is there a way to change the WorldAxes in the assembly file using some kind of UCS so I don't have to do it using an extra assembly file for each assembly?
My goal is to re-use drawing views to save time and energy.
Thanx!
UPDATE #2:
I did another test to see if it worked.
This is nearly always a FrameGenerator model with an underlying sketch-part.
So I went into the assembly of one railing, then re-applied the Constraints of the underlying sketch-part so the sketch upon which the assembly is based is oriented like the assembly in the view I want to copy. When I substituted the original view base model with the new 'fixed' model, the view came in correctly. HOWEVER, changing every FG assembly base sketch is a LOT of work. AND the new assembly was at 90° to it's correct position in the top level assembly. In other words, it changed position in the top level assembly, which screwed up my 3d model so I had to change it back.
At this point I'm at a loss as to how to reuse existing dimensioned drawing views.
Isn't there a simple and easy way around this?
... Chris
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