I wanted to get opinions from everyone on the best way to do the following:
I have a top level assembly that looks something like this:
MASTER-TOP.asm
|---->ENGINE_INSTALL.asm
| |----->ENGINE_ASM.PRT
| |----->INTAKE_EXHAUST.asm
| |----->ENGINE_ELECTRICAL.asm
|----->CHASSIS.asm
|----->DRIVETRAIN.asm
I want to create drawings (for manufacturing) for the DRIVETRAIN.asm, but I have several views where I need to show how it attaches to the engine and chassis. Because of this I need to create drawing views with all 3 models. Here are my options so far:
Option 1 (what I did at my old job):
Procedure
1. Temporarily pull the ENGINE_INSTALL.asm and CHASSIS.asm into the DRIVETRAIN.asm and use this to create snapshot views.
2. Restore the DRIVETRAIN.asm model back to normal and create drawing views over top of the snapshot views (giving the snapshots the appearance of being transparent).
3. Add the BOM table and create balloons.
Pros
<ul>[*]No extra assemblies for showing installation views, etc.[*]Model BOM matches manufacturing BOM.
[*]Drawing number == assembly model name.[*]Easy to create a BOM table.
[/list]Cons<ul>[*]Not parametric to the additional assemblies needed to show installation views.[*]Snapshots can be difficult to change/update.
[/list]
Option 2 (the preferred way at my new job):
Procedure
1. Create a new assembly with ENGINE_INSTALL.asm, CHASSIS.asm, and DRIVETRAIN.asm.
2. Create all of your views.
3. Set the DRIVETRAIN.asm active to create the BOM tables.
4. Create your BOM balloons.
Pros
<ul>[*]Views are live and there is no reason to create snapshots.[*]Drawing "background" updates when the additional models (ENGINE.asm, etc.) are updated.
[/list]Cons
<ul>[*]An extra unnecessary assembly is created.[*]Drawing != assembly model name.[*]Creating a BOM table is difficult in some situations.[/list]
What do you think? What is the best way to approach this?
I have a top level assembly that looks something like this:
MASTER-TOP.asm
|---->ENGINE_INSTALL.asm
| |----->ENGINE_ASM.PRT
| |----->INTAKE_EXHAUST.asm
| |----->ENGINE_ELECTRICAL.asm
|----->CHASSIS.asm
|----->DRIVETRAIN.asm
I want to create drawings (for manufacturing) for the DRIVETRAIN.asm, but I have several views where I need to show how it attaches to the engine and chassis. Because of this I need to create drawing views with all 3 models. Here are my options so far:
Option 1 (what I did at my old job):
Procedure
1. Temporarily pull the ENGINE_INSTALL.asm and CHASSIS.asm into the DRIVETRAIN.asm and use this to create snapshot views.
2. Restore the DRIVETRAIN.asm model back to normal and create drawing views over top of the snapshot views (giving the snapshots the appearance of being transparent).
3. Add the BOM table and create balloons.
Pros
<ul>[*]No extra assemblies for showing installation views, etc.[*]Model BOM matches manufacturing BOM.
[*]Drawing number == assembly model name.[*]Easy to create a BOM table.
[/list]Cons<ul>[*]Not parametric to the additional assemblies needed to show installation views.[*]Snapshots can be difficult to change/update.
[/list]
Option 2 (the preferred way at my new job):
Procedure
1. Create a new assembly with ENGINE_INSTALL.asm, CHASSIS.asm, and DRIVETRAIN.asm.
2. Create all of your views.
3. Set the DRIVETRAIN.asm active to create the BOM tables.
4. Create your BOM balloons.
Pros
<ul>[*]Views are live and there is no reason to create snapshots.[*]Drawing "background" updates when the additional models (ENGINE.asm, etc.) are updated.
[/list]Cons
<ul>[*]An extra unnecessary assembly is created.[*]Drawing != assembly model name.[*]Creating a BOM table is difficult in some situations.[/list]
What do you think? What is the best way to approach this?