I make fixtures that hold injection molded parts. I frequently use "up to body" when creating them so that the part fits perfectly within the fixture. I have a part where two pieces in the assembly are showing on the A surface. I would like to use the up to body feature over both parts but it only allows me to use it on one. Is there a way that I can merge the two parts to make one or is there an easier way to do this?
Thanks, Lindsay
if you are an assembly with the part you are editing, you can use the cavity feature, before the upto body thing came, this was what i used. it was youed to make molds before the mold tools in the part file were put into SW. doesn't matter how many parts you have it will remove were they touch your fixture.
other wise you could make a new part file and put a part in a part and the combine them into 1 part just to make your fixture.
or in the assmembly use the joint to make one part and so on and so on and...you get my drift.
go to the help file and type: cavity, join, part in part and combine and it will show you examples.
lenny
if you are an assembly with the part you are editing, you can use the cavity feature, before the upto body thing came, this was what i used. it was youed to make molds before the mold tools in the part file were put into SW. doesn't matter how many parts you have it will remove were they touch your fixture.
other wise you could make a new part file and put a part in a part and the combine them into 1 part just to make your fixture.
or in the assmembly use the joint to make one part and so on and so on and...you get my drift.
go to the help file and type: cavity, join, part in part and combine and it will show you examples.
lenny