How do I reproduce the behavior of a CATIA V5 "Component" in 3DEXPERIENCE for drawing/configuration views?

3D Design Assembly
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Hello everyone,

I'm currently in the middle of transitioning from CATIA V5 to 3DEXPERIENCE, and I'm trying to find the best methodology to replicate a specific workflow that I often used in the V5 Assembly Design Workshop.

In CATIA V5: In the Assembly workbench, we could insert Components (non-structural containers, without a file of our own) within the Main Product. We used these components to group specific parts and subassemblies to represent a particular state or configuration. When creating a plane (Drafting), we just had to select this specific Component to generate our views (Isometric, Face, Sections, etc.) representing exactly this configuration.

Example of structure in V5:

  • Main Product
    • Component 1 (Config 1: Part A + Part B in position X)
    • Component 2 (Config 2: Part A + Part B in position Y)

My question for 3DEXPERIENCE: What is the best practice or equivalent tool in 3DEXPERIENCE to achieve this?

Since the data model has changed (with Physical Products, Representations, and the disappearance of the classic "Component" as it existed in V5), should I turn to Filters, Engineering Configurations, Review Assemblies, or even to several separate Physical Products ?

How do you handle this when you want to display different configurations of the same assembly in your 2D drawings?

Thank you in advance for your feedback and advice!

Sincerely,

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Hello,

First of all, it depends on which version of the Cloud we are talking about or on premise, we don't have the same tools.

In 3DX the assembly is no longer managed as in CATIA V5, you have to do a reset and see the new 3Dx technologies.

For container-type components, in the 3dx we have a " Browsing Structure Definition " workshop that allows you to make several structures that could correspond to different views of the assembly.
In the latest DS presentation, they propose to no longer make sub-assemblies, but to have them at the same level and with this application we can have several structures.

To have several positions in an assembly you can use the " Markup " which are the suppers in CATIA V5.

Big difference for the drawing is that you can define the view in the drawing independent of the assembly, in CATIA V5 if you hide a part in the assembly the drawing requires an update, in the 3DX you can have a view in the drawing and another view in the assembly which allows you to hide or show parts without the drawing asking for an update.

Good luck in 3DX.