Assembly modeling

[Ledawg]

I have a question about some assembly modeling. Im fairly new users of pro. Is there a setting in the Config.pro file that controls what planes can be modeled on when you have a part active. For example. I have an assembly with 3 parts. I want to model on part 1. Is there something that tells pro that I can only pick the datum planes or faces of part 1. Seems kind of crazy to be able to model on a different part than that one that is set to active. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[nlinesk8s]

You might use layers in the assembly, to unset the planes from parts two and three.

 

[dr_gallup]

There are all kinds of reference control config options. I have things set very restrictive by default to avoid external references.

default_ext_ref_scope none
default_object_invalid_refs prohibit
default_object_scope_setting none

Then to make things like cutouts I load these:

allow_ref_scope_change YES
default_ext_ref_scope ALL
default_object_scope_setting ALL
default_object_invalid_refs COPY
ignore_all_ref_scope_settings YES
model_allow_ref_scope_change YES
scope_invalid_refs COPY

 

[Ledawg]

Thats exactly what Im trying to avoid. Again Im a new user can you explain briefly what some of these control. Or what they mean. I plan on looking at these asap.

 

[dr_gallup]

RTFM

 

[Ledawg]

I did some messing around and I have come up with another question. If you take an assembly. Is there a way to make the datums for a certain part highlight a different color when you make that part active. It would be nice to have the part you have active have say highlighted. And all other datums grey out.

 

[garymig]

If you go to >tools >assembly settings >reference controls, you can play around and select settings to allow selection of certain settings , ie just assembly features


Gary