Hey guys looking for some advice as i've tried everything i can think of and can't quite get this right.
So the situation is, I've got a layout sketch which has 6 different plates (parts) and a customer provided table which looks something like this this;
| TYPE | L | W | H | L1 | L2 | W1 | W2 | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | T6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type1 | 400 | 200 | 100 | 150 | 120 | 101 | 80 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
Type2 | 500 | 220 | 150 | 250 | 140 | 141 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Type3 | 450 | 400 | 50 | 350 | 160 | 121 | 90 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
| ect | |||||||||||||
| ect |
So my first thought was to create an assembly with a top down sketch based on the layout sketch and also a side sketch based on height and plate thicknesses. Assigned global variables to all dimensions. Then I loaded in an excel file as a design table and linked the global variables to each column.
which then gave me a new configuration for each type, which when flicking between the sketches all seems to update correctly.
next i added a new derived part for each plate and used the assembly sketch as the driver for my individual part sketches and extruded up to vertex to my side assembly sketch for each plate thickness. now between each configuration this kinda works, )if i rebuild multiple times after each configuration change)
but when it comes to creating fabrication drawings for each plate in each type I just can't get it to work.
I know i'm going about this the wrong way and i'm sure one of you guys will say "why don't you just do it like this" or "why the hell are you doing it that way?!" which will be great because i have almost zero experience with design tables and top down assemblies.
I've created and attached a quick mock-up of what i'm trying to achieve. so if any of you could please take a look and tell me where i'm going wrong, i would be so grateful!
Thankyou