Hey Guys,
I'm using Wildfire 2.0 and have 5 components in in an assembly of a weldment. My 3 assembly datums arefunctional to the the waythe weldment will be mounted and therefore I want to use GTOLS to locate holes/features to these datums. One of the assembly datumsis actually the centerplane of the baseplate, so I want to associate itwith the width dimension of that plate. The problem is, I can't access that dimension because it exists in the component andnot the assembly. Then on the other hand, if Itry to reference a part datum ina GTOL that locates a hole in another component, it's off limits too!
My only workaround I've come up with so far is to make the baseplate component oversize, then create an assembly feature (cut) to bring the base plate down to size and use that assembly dimension to associate the datum to. It works, but seems like a goofy way tohave to do it.
Anyone have a cleaner way to apply GD&T in assemblies???
Thanx,
Chilehead
I'm using Wildfire 2.0 and have 5 components in in an assembly of a weldment. My 3 assembly datums arefunctional to the the waythe weldment will be mounted and therefore I want to use GTOLS to locate holes/features to these datums. One of the assembly datumsis actually the centerplane of the baseplate, so I want to associate itwith the width dimension of that plate. The problem is, I can't access that dimension because it exists in the component andnot the assembly. Then on the other hand, if Itry to reference a part datum ina GTOL that locates a hole in another component, it's off limits too!
My only workaround I've come up with so far is to make the baseplate component oversize, then create an assembly feature (cut) to bring the base plate down to size and use that assembly dimension to associate the datum to. It works, but seems like a goofy way tohave to do it.
Anyone have a cleaner way to apply GD&T in assemblies???
Thanx,
Chilehead