Cary OConnor Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Hi All, We are currently investigating new features for the IronCAD 7.0 release. One of the common requested item from all our users is the need for a multiple part or assembly feature capability. During this investigation, we have determined that there are two possible ways we could proceed in developing this type of functionality based on customer feedback. Below I have listed descriptions, details, and examples of two possible development procedures. Please vote (or ask any additional questions) on the feature that you would most like to see for IronCAD 7.0. We will develop both features for IronCAD over time, however we can only develop one for IronCAD 7.0 with the other as an opportunistic item. So, let put the power of the customers in control to develop the item that will be most useful for IronCAD 7.0. Thanks, Cary Definitions: Assembly Feature - Assembly features are very similar to part features except they can affect multiple parts, are created in the context of an assembly, and the feature definitions do not pass down to each part. Assembly features can be Extruded Cuts, Spin Cuts, or Custom Hole Shapes. Assembly Features are by definition a machining process that is processed on the assembled component and not performed on each individual component. Benefits: Assembly features can affect multiple parts under an assembly without passing any information down to the part definition. This allows you to place multiple assembly features on Internally Linked and External Linked parts that only reflect geometry changes on the instance that is affected (Shown Below). MultiFeature.gif MultiFeature2.gif PWF.gif AF1.gif PNF.gif AssemblyFeature.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlehnhaeuser Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 Hi Cary, Would any of these options allow have "associated constrained" holes of dirrefernt sizes on differnt parts? IE: Mold and Die Tooling Design, Have two plates, One plate has 1" hole, second plate has 2" hole, but that are constrained to as if you move one the other will move accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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