help - flexible assembly

[BonzoRosso]

Good evening,

I have layout that contains several derivation boxes, which are bought with unique code from a supplier. this gives me the complete kit with the plugs and seals fittings. my problem is that in the workshop and also model 3d I replenish the assieme junction box with the repositioned components but this generates different codes depending on how many configurations needed.
but I would like to manage with a single model/code a 3d set with all 3d components placed differently. Is this possible by doing some kind of flexible assembly?
Can you explain how to get this result?
I have a creo license 2.0 essentials m100

thanks to all in advance

 

[320i S]

hi, problem on which we have already passed, if the variations are minimal (but really minimal, then 2-3 odds per single chord), you can try to use flexibility.

otherwise if you have different flexible fittings paths and/or differences that impose different 3d models, the solution is to create axioms with an identical code parameter, but in fact with dedicated models, e.g.

name_group-01 -> code 123456
name_group-02 -> code 123456
...
. .

the important is to remember to manage all groups together in case of change.
in case you use a pdm, this is very facilitated.

other solution is to manage everything with a family table by turning on and off the components that change from one application to another, but if you go over 10-12 replaced components, I recommend you think about it well.

the casino is not when you create assemblies, but later when you have to manage new variants and changes.

last input that I give you: many times it is thought that the 3d must follow by force the distinct (a few codes species in the sub-assiemi), to today instead the 3d is to be considered as the first distinct product, that must be managed until the dismissal of the same, so it is not wrong to choose distinct solutions that facilitate modeling 3d.

 

[BonzoRosso]

I think I understand what you're telling me, but I don't have the problem on the type of fitting but on the positioning.
I attached two images, in the left tree I highlighted the code of the axieme that is set as flexible.
The models are an example I have received, and I would like to understand how to succeed on my models on which I have to reverse the position.
use a pdm windchill

 

[320i S]

this is the case of flexible pipes (in the sense that they are made of rubber simplifying), without a specific module, for the system are 2 completely different models in terms of mathematics, it is not a matter of hypothetically varying the three coordinates and 3 inclinations of the arrival of the tube regarding its beginning.

therefore the solution that I propose to you (see that you use windchill) is to make different assemblies, accumulated by the same separate code, example of your case:

4c28n576300_01.asm with code parameter: 4c28n576300 where you will have the connection 4c28n682700_01 with a given path and parameter code 4c28n682700

4c28n576300_02.asm with code parameter: 4c28n576300 where you will have the connection 4c28n682700_02 with another path and code parameter always 4c28n682700

and so on for all different fittings.

when you need to make a change or replace the 4c28n682700 fitting, search it as a code (not as a model!, and in windchill, it would be better to always search for parameters, less model names), so you will have the list of all models with this code and you will be able to trace back to all the 3d assemblies where you have mounted this code, so as to update them.

In this way, you can also use (if you have the advanced assembly) copy geometry for the beginning and end of the chord, so as to create them faster and that they will follow the positioning of the utilities, especially if you use skeleton or similar, so the fittings will always be bound to the respective assemblies, if you have to do another because you have connection with different paths, you will still have to start from a new model.