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Using a reference object for mating an assembly

Question asked by Tom Van Dijck on Feb 9, 2013
Latest reply on Feb 9, 2013 by Anna Wood
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Hi,

 

I'm working on adapting an excisting petrol powered vehicle to one which runs on renewable energy. For this I have received a STEP file of the vehicle's assembly. I'm trying to recreate the rear suspension with correct mating, but in this base vehicle, the suspension is attached to the gearbox, which will be scrapped.

 

So, I'd like to use the gearbox as a reference for mating the suspension parts to recreate the suspension correctly, but not have the gearbox in the final assembly. Surpressing the gearbox also surpresses all mates to the gearbox, so this doesn't work. Which functions can I use for achieving this objective?

 

Thank you,

Tom

Anna Wood
Anna Wood Feb 9, 2013 9:29 PM
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Just Hide the gearbox in your assembly.  Do not supress.  This will keep your mating structure

 

You can also  go into the Component Properties for the gearbox in the assembly and Exclude from BOM if you do not want to have it show up in your BOM.

 

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Cheers,

 

Anna

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