using Style in assembly mode

[2ms1]

I'm in assembly mode and would like to use the nice endpoint tangency options and other things that make drawing 3D spline curves so natural in Style mode to draw some wire-type things that run between things in my assembly.


The problem is that when I hit the Style icon, Style won't open and instead gives me message "At least one datum plane is needed to create a Style feature". But I have like 1000 datum planes in my assembly!


What exactly does it want me to do differently?

 

[jsantangelo]

Insert a new empty part that is located at the default location and then activate it. Then create the style feature in the new part.

Try this technique.

Or create a Datum Curve in the assembly with Tangent ends.



Edited by: jsantangelo

 

[2ms1]

It's actuallyin the very same context ofworking within a new empty part as you describe that I am having this inability to create a Style feature that talking about. Any ideas on why it isn't working?


Those otherways of getting tangent endsare interesting, however I really need to have the ability to set the magnitude/amount of tangency (how long the curve keeps pointed tangent before veering off) that is only available in Style.

 

[jsantangelo]

I don't have style so I can't play around for a solution

When using the Datum Curve tool you can then use the Tweak setting after setting the tangency. Play with the spline points to adjust the length of the tangency.
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You could also create a curve through multiple points where they are offset a given/needed distance. Then they can be controlled parametrically.

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<div style="text-align: left;">Maybe Bart can chime in as he is an ISDX guru.

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