2010 Solid Edge Productivity Summit: Synchronous Assembly

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Synchronous Edits in Assembly

• IPA for editing

• Editing multiple components simultaneously

• Live Section editing in assemblies

Mixed assemblies – Synchronous and Traditional parts/sub-assemblies

• Assembly Inter-Part copies

• Move Subassembly Components option

• Assembly Features

Working with Large Assemblies

Custom Templates

Assembly



Parts Priority (IPA)

Selection filter set to Parts Priority Double clicking to In Place Activate Full suite of part modeling tools become available The PathFinder stays in the context of the assembly



Inter-Part Copy Uses the command bar Is not associative in the synchronous environment

In Place Edit



Assembly Selection Filter

Selection Filter - Synchronous Faces – Selects one or more faces for edit

Part must be active for face selection Parts – Selects one or more parts



Select - Traditional Many utilities for selecting parts in the assembly

Assembly Select Tools



Face Priority Selection

Face selection filter in assembly Select a single face or

select multiple faces across multiple parts

Using the Steering Wheel you can move the faces simultaneously Keypoints can be selected to move a face(s)

to other geometry in the assembly



Selecting multiple faces on the samepart will behave exactly as if you werein the part document outside the contextof an assembly The same Live Rules will be applied Symmetry is based on the location of the

base coordinate system in the part document




Selecting multiple faces on different parts will allow the faces to move together as if each part were being modified within their respective part documents The same Live Rules will be applied Symmetry is based on the location of

the base coordinate system in eachof the part documents




AssemblyMotate Part/Face Together

Motate? It’s not a typo… Move Rotate These steering wheel operations are only available in a synchronous

assembly

If all faces of a synchronous part in a synchronous assembly are selected, the whole part is moved

If a traditional part or an inactive part is selected, the part will be selected and moved / rotated per the steering wheel operation

If individual faces of active synchronous parts are selected, live rules are displayed and drive edits




Steering Wheel operations aware of assembly constraints - Part edit If one or more parts are moved

When moving many occurrences, relationships internal to the selection are maintained

Relationships external to the selection are suppressed to allow the move

Any of these external relations that are still consistent after the move are kept, the others are deleted

Floating constraints are restored with new offset value Fix constraint is reapplied at new location

If a selected part resides in a subassembly, its location in the subassembly is affected

If a subassembly is selected, the subassembly is affected




Motate aware of assembly constraints – Face edit Face edits drive assembly constraints Assembly constraints do not drive faces Face edits will drive assembly constraints real-time

Parts will move if possible during the face edit When moving a face, SE always keeps the assembly relationships

and the system may become over-defined because of the edit (relationship will display as “sick”)

Sick relationships can then besuppressed or deleted




Editing Sync Part/SM Procedural features, flanges, faces Faces and Edges can be stretched and rotated

Includes support for Relate Procedural Features/SM Flanges can be stretched and rotated

Such as holes and patterns Attribute values of Procedural features other then holes can NOT be

modified from the assembly IPA is required to modify Procedural Features other than holes

Live Rules are displayed and used to control geometry Dimensions are displayed as applicable faces are selected Dimensions can be used by themselves or with multiple parts/faces

selected



Relate in Assembly

Using the Relate option Works similarly to Relate option in Part/SheetMetal environments Relations across parts are not persistent Target faces can be on Synchronous or Traditional parts or

sheet metal models Command must be entered for each edit Part must be active



AssemblySection Editing in Assembly

Section Editing is enabled within Synchronous Assemblies Display of Live Sections is set under

“Show Hide Components” (RMB on the part you would like to see the Live Section for)

Live Sections can only be created from the part level Editing of parts by Live Section is only

available within a synchronous assembly Section edges are selectable via Quick Pick when

Select is set on Face Priority Edges from multiple parts can be selected

with any selection set Edges from multiple parts

Other faces or other parts

Dimensions can be used to drive multiple objects



Mixing Traditional & Synchronous Models

Can mix synchronous and traditional parts and assemblies

No restrictions on in-place activation

Both synchronous and traditional can be created in-place regardless of whether you are in a traditional or synchronous assembly

SynchronousAssembly

SynchronousAssembly

Sync Part Trad Part

SynchronousAssembly

Trad Part Sync Part

Trad Part Sync Part

TraditionalAssembly

Sync Part




Synchronous modeling available only for synchronous parts in a synchronous assembly

Synchronous modeling operations are NOT available for:

- synchronous parts in a traditional assembly

- traditional parts in a synchronous assembly.

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SynchronousAssembly

Trad Part

Sync Part

TraditionalAssembly

Sync Part

Sync Part

Trad Part




Assembly Inter-Part:

Availability Determined by:

- Top-Level Assembly

- Active Document Type

Sync files can drive Traditional

Traditional cannot drive Sync




Move Subassembly Components option To move synchronous

subassembly components you do not have to in-place activate them.

Synchronous and traditional parts in subassemblies can be manipulated from the top assembly.

Option is available with both Face Priority and Parts Priority

Traditional subassembly in a synchronous assembly is moved as a single unit




Assembly Features: Assembly Features will work on

synchronous parts

Assembly Driven Part Features will not modify synchronous parts

Assembly Weldments will work with synchronous parts

Available in traditional assembly only



Click ESC during file open of an assembly and SE will stop loading the parts and just open the assembly document?

Dependant upon when exactly ESC is clicked during the file-open process




Open assembly structure not the components Super fast file open allows better control of

what’s opened





Simplified parts in conjunction with a simplified assembly improve assembly performance

Faster creation of the simplified assembly representation because there are fewer total surfaces to evaluate

Reduced assembly document size, which reduces memory demand




Display Configurations Display configurations store bothshow/hide statesimplified/designed state Maintain Current StateSpecifies that the current activation state (inactive or active) is not changedSpecifies that the current parts state (simplified/designed) is not changedSetting this option improves performance of large assemblies




Unloading Components Unload hidden components from physical

memory with the Unload Hidden PartsFrees up memory for other operationsMakes it easier to work with assemblies with higher component counts Auto-unload active partsEnable via PreferencesAutomatically inactivate parts that have not been “used” in the last “X” minutes




Culling Culling is active only in

dynamic view manipulations Instructs the display system

to ignore display requests for certain objects

The slider ranges from 0%, where nothing is rejected, to 100%, where all objects may be rejected



Arc Smoothness Specifies the minimum number of

lines that represent an arc Low values (a lower number of

lines) make the display coarser Consequently, low values make

the display refresh faster and decrease the memory required for display lists

High values (a higher number of lines) make the display smoother

Consequently, high values make the display refresh slower and increase the memory required for display lists




Sharpen a View Improves the display quality of the

graphics You can improve the display quality

incrementally by: Clicking the Sharpen button more

than once Selecting a larger number from

the list More accurate display will process

more slowly Before the highest level further

Sharpen attempts produce the message "The display is at its sharpest setting."




For machines that have adequate supported CAD graphics cards make sure the Automatic Selection option is selected - This should set the mode to Graphics Card Driven (Advanced)

This setting is the optimal for the Solid Edge display system If your machine does not have a graphics card that supports this option

it is highly suggested that you obtain one that supports this option




View Transition

Be sure to UNCHECK this option This option makes the software

transition the view every time a view is manipulated from the starting orientation to the finish orientation




Process hidden edges

Be sure to UNCHECK this option This option makes the software

omit the hidden edge calculation during view manipulations.

Clearing this option can improve interactive performance during view manipulations




Fast locate when over PathFinder

Eliminates parts or sub-assemblies highlighting as the user moves the cursor across them in Assembly Pathfinder Improves selection of:

Large sub-assemblies Complex Parts





Fast Locate using box display

Fast locate using box display for Parts: Checked will display the bounding box of the part

Fast locate using box display for Assemblies Checked will display the bounding box of all parts in the sub-

assembly




Occurrence properties

Reduce the amount of memory required when working with large assemblies

Higher Level - Specifies that the occurrence will be displayed when the current assembly is used in a higher level assembly

Drawing Views - Specifies that the occurrence will be displayed in drawing views created of the assembly in the Draft environment.



For specific types of assemblies, creating custom “template” Synchronous parts can offer a unique and productive method to build an assembly

User can set a “User Templates” path to a specific folder where these template files are stored on disk Solid Edge Options File Locations User templates

Using Template Shapes for Assembly Part Creation



As the user creates new parts in place, they can select the appropriate template file from the usertemplates tab





If the template file’s origin is known, itcan be used as the insertion point byusing the “by graphic input” option

There is no need to Create and Editthe part

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