Hello forum,

My name is Don Van Zile and I am a new member of the product definition team but long time member of the forum.

I am currently researching assembly workflows and the use of envelope components or what some users refer to as reference, phantom components/geometry.  I would like to open up a discussion as to how users currently deal with these design scenarios.

For example,

Do you use the envelope part function and if so then why?  What are you reasons/goals for doing this? If no, is there specific reasons why this functionality isn’t used?

Are there any limitations or work-arounds in your assembly workflows regarding envelopes and/or reference components?

I have my obvious thoughts and standouts about this but I would like to hear what others have to say first.  Please share, discuss, or just plain rant about this topic as you seem fit!