We have parts that are made at room temp, but are used at cryogenic temps. Because of this, the engineers would like to add another sheet to the drawings, showing the "USE"or cryo dimensions of the parts. These would all be reference dimensions and the sheet would have big notes saying not to use the dimensions for manufacturing.
We are trying to figure out how to do this and don't have any good answers. We would like the models to be dependent on the original models as any changes need to show up on the "Use" models as well.
One suggestion was to do an inheritance model and then warp it in three directions, but that didn't work as it ended up making the holes into strange looking shapes.
Another option would be the simple "scale" command, but we want to leave the original model alone, but have the "use" model connected to it and we cannot figure out a way to do this. I was thinking of making a family table with just different names and then opening the instance and scaling it, but the command is not available in instances.
Anyone have any ideas? If we can't get anything, the easy way to do this is to simply make a copy of the original and then scale it and if the changes to the original are significant, to re-copy it and scale it again (loosing all the dimensions on the views).
Thanks for you help!
We are trying to figure out how to do this and don't have any good answers. We would like the models to be dependent on the original models as any changes need to show up on the "Use" models as well.
One suggestion was to do an inheritance model and then warp it in three directions, but that didn't work as it ended up making the holes into strange looking shapes.
Another option would be the simple "scale" command, but we want to leave the original model alone, but have the "use" model connected to it and we cannot figure out a way to do this. I was thinking of making a family table with just different names and then opening the instance and scaling it, but the command is not available in instances.
Anyone have any ideas? If we can't get anything, the easy way to do this is to simply make a copy of the original and then scale it and if the changes to the original are significant, to re-copy it and scale it again (loosing all the dimensions on the views).
Thanks for you help!