Using an auxilliary coordinate system to position in an assy

Feb 03, 2005 2 Replies
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We need to be able to send models to our clients that they can position correctly in their assemblies. Sending a model that does not have an origin at the same place as the customers assy origin causes problems to locate the part correctly. If I create an auxilliary coord system in my part, at the correct assy origin position, how can my customer use it to line up with his assy, so far, auxilliary coord systems look pretty and that all. It would be nice if auxilliary coord systems could actually be used for placement of parts.



Any suggestions? Am I missing something?


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In what format are you sending the files? If you are sending them as IGES, STEP, or Parasolid, I think that you can specify that the part use the new coordinate system instead of the default.

If I'm wrong about that, you could try moving the bodies to the new origin, in the right orientation. If that causes problems, because you already use the default origin and planes for assembly, you could possibly make another configuration where the body is moved to the new origin, then use that configuration to make your export files.

Jerry Steiger Tripod Data Systems "take the garbage out, dear"

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Thanks, It would be a nice improvement if the auxilliary coord sytem was a pickable entity when moving or positioning models in assemblies, that way a model could be positioned by selecting auxilliary coord systems in in other models as well.

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