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Use toolkit to set parts to MMC+LMC?

ebinter

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I been tasked with taking all the parts of a large assembly, set each part to nominal, max material condition (MMC) and least material condition (LMC) and make 3 versions of the assemblies using the nom, MMC, and LMC parts. I know about the dim bound to put the dimensions at the upper and lower bounds but there's nothing for MMC or LMC anywhere. What I'm wondering is is it possible to write something using TOOLKIT to basically go through every dimension of every feature of the part, set it to its upper tolerance limit, regenerate and record the parts volume, set it to its lower tolerance limit, regenerate and record the parts volume again, and if MMC is desired for example, record whether its the upper or lower tolerance that gives a larger volume into a dimension bound table and then does the same thing for LMC. What I'm trying to get out of it is basically 2 dim bound tables, 1 for MMC and 1 for LMC. Is something along these lines even possible? Another option is if 2 instances can be made in a family tree instead of a dim bound table. That would also be acceptable and maybe prefered. Thanks for the help.
 

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