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Submitted byAnonymouson06-21-201911:32 PM
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Animate Sketch parameter
In PART environment, possibility to animate one or more dimensions to see a 2D kinematic behavior or simply a linear movement (like I wish to do with the selected one of the picture), before starting the assembly definition.
If you have a job and time is money, sometime is useful to check a kinematic behavior before you build up a complete assembly. Do you know the word "simplify"?
If you were to load this into an assembly, you gain access to additional tools like "Analyze Interference", which highlights in 3D space where there are collisions. You can also animate your constraints.
Having that function in a part would over complicate things.
KISS
Parts are different from assemblies for a reason; Simplicity.
I disagree. Animating sketch constraints in a part file is a very beneficial workflow - especially if you use master sketch modeling. Yes you can create an individual sketch for each element, push those out to part files assemble them, constrain them and then animate them to understand the kinematics, but what a huge amount of work. For understanding the relationships, there is nothing quicker than doing it in a sketch.
If all you are doing is assembling parts like Lego to build machines then yes, you would not ever need to animate a sketch constraint.
There used to be an add-in from KWiKMcad that allowed exactly this (back in the 2005 timeframe). I used it all the time. Sadly, I am unable to locate the add-in today, and Kent is no longer with us.
