Split face in assembly

[MartinSaradin]

Hi,

I can split face in part environment. But it is not possible in assembly.

We need it sometimes to aply the surface direct to assembly/weldment. Because the parts are firstly assembled/weldet und than they are lacquered with multiple colours.

Thanks

[davew]

Is it an option to define the face colors at the part level? 

[MartinSaradin]

Sometimes. But not all the time in our case, because we paint the assembly/weldment after assembling. Not as separate parts. And sometimes the same part has a different color in different assemblies. And sometimes it has no color change.

[davew]

You can define the face colors in the assembly context. See screenshots.

[MartinSaradin]

Yes, I am aware of this. 

But there are at least 2 drawbacks from my point of view:

1. We have a lot of old released parts in Vault and they will need to be set to WIP and revisioned.

2. We will see the line in the part drawing and we will need to hide it. 

[dba78]

@MartinSaradin  could you explain the use case, you have here? 

• visualization (3D model)
• Painting-directives (in a manner of drawings),
• calculate the coating (paint quantities)?
• something else...?

Depending on the needs there might be different options to solve the problem.

[MartinSaradin]

• visualization (3D model) + DWF for Factory/Workshop
• Exact model in assembly and maintenance instructions 
• Painting-directives (in a manner of drawings)
• ..