Assembly Modeling Advancements Systems Libraries and Uplinks

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Assembly Modeling AdvancementsSystems Libraries
and Uplinks

• Ronnie Conerly
• Product Manager Assembly/Insight

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Background to Systems Libraries

• Typical of assemblies to have standard components
  ( as much as 60-70)
• Universal standard
• Mechanical bolts, nuts, washers, bearings, seals
• Electrical condensers, coils, transformers,
  motors
• Company standard (brackets, shafts, flanges)

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Background to Systems Libraries

• Common to use a collection of standard components
  in many assemblies
• Position of components often the same relative to
  each other
• IMPORTANT The collection is not a subassembly as
  it relates to product structure

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Background to Systems Libraries

• Adjoining parts typically contain standard
  features related to the collection
• Hole/Pattern Features
• Bosses/Standoffs

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Background to Systems Libraries

• Typical to have a few relationships which can
  position the collection into other assemblies
• Mates
• Planar/Axial Aligns

Align
Align
Mate
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Introducing Systems Libraries

• Systems Libraries New Functionality in V14
• Allows the capture of assembly/feature
  information to represent a collection and store
  in an asm document
• Selected Components (par, psm, asm)
• Feature Parts containing related features
• Assembly Relationships
• Goal is to capture this information from
  assemblies for reuse in other assemblies

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Systems Libraries Group Creation
Create Documents
Capture Features
On Assembly Toolbar
Helper Dialog
Select Components
Capture Relationships
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Systems Libraries Components

• Select Components to reuse
• User Selection
• Immediate Level Only
• Subassemblies too, but all of it
• Patterns gets Parents

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Systems Libraries Captured Features

• Capture Features to Reuse (OPTIONAL)
• Important Part containing features can be
  simple enough to capture feature definition
• Possible to have multiple feature parts
• Automatic capture of associative features (IPC)
• Local features allowed (chamfers, rounds, lip,
  groove etc)
• Uses Feature Copy/Paste Functionality

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Systems Libraries Relationships

• Capture Relationships (Automatic)
• Internal are not displayed in Helper Dialog
• External will be used during group placement
• Half-Internal need no input
• Uses Capture Fit technology

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Systems Libraries Library Creation

• Creating the Library Document
• Stores on disk a System Library Document (.asm)
• Creates copies of Feature Parts (.par, .psm)
• FeaturesCopied Face Style
• FeaturesNotCopied Face Style

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Systems Libraries Underlying Arch

• Underlying architecture for Systems Libraries
• Transfer or Restructure
• Capture Fit
• Feature Copy/Paste

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Systems Libraries Group Placement

• Library Placement uses Parts Library UI
• Similar to placing and dispersing a subassembly
  at the immediate level
• Input Dialog Steps through all learned external
  relationships (pre-defined and can only change
  offset value)
• Uses Capture Fit functionality to step through
  captured relationships
• Cannot create new relationships
• Option to SKIP on Ribbon Bar
• Termination at any point leaves components in the
  assembly

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Systems Libraries Group Placement

• On completion of resolving relationships, we step
  through pasting of features.
• Same UI as Feature Paste
• Again, can have multiple feature parts

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Systems Libraries Summary

• Allows capturing of knowledge at the systems
  level with opportunity to reuse that knowledge
• Standard components
• Relative positions
• Related features
• Allows working at the systems level rather than
  component level
• System represents what components are possibly
  needed for a given application of the system

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Reference Geometry Discussion

• Reference Geometry
• Ref Planes
• Sketches
• Coordinate Systems
• Part and Assembly Reference Geometry

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Part Reference Geometry

• Now have color control
• Can now display/locate in Assembly
• Independent display control from Part

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Assembly Reference Planes

• Name and Color Control (Part and Assy)
• Assembly Reference Planes now like Part
• Added More Commands
• Angled
• Perpendicular
• Coincident by Axis
• Normal to Curve
• By 3 Points

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Assembly Sketches

• Name and Color Control
• Sketches independent of their reference planes
• Multiple Sketches on Same Plane

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Assembly Relationships

• Can constrain to both Part and Assembly Reference
  Geometry
• Mate/Planar Align
• Inferred Sketch Plane (Plane of Sketch)
• Inferred Line Segment Plane (Normal to Sketch
  Plane)

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Assembly Relationships

• Axial Align
• Inferred Sketch Axes (keypoints)
• SLOTS
• Coord System Axes
• Connect
• Sketch Elements/Keypoints
• Coord Systems Origin/Edges

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Uplinks Definition

• Ability to Drive Assembly Reference Geometry
  associatively via Occurrence Geometry
• Reference Planes on Part Faces/Keypoints
• Sketch geometry associative to Part Edges
• Applications
• Multi-Part Cutout
• Simplified Subassemblies

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Uplinks Multi-Part Cutout

• Include Part Edge Geometry
• Make Construction if not part of cutout
  definition
• Dimension to Included Geometry to position cutout
  geometry precise

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Uplinks Simplified Subassemblies
Tuner Sub

• Include from Component Edges to represent the
  subassembly

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Summary

• System Libraries advances use of standard parts
  collections
• Reference Geometry much improved
• Uplinks Drive Assembly Reference Geometry
• THANKS!