I am working on an assembly intended to be assembled by riveting, mainly. This does so, I have to make many holes for the rivets.
The method I have adopted is: Do my holes in the room with the material removal function, then; In the assembly, create a sketch, convert the entities (the holes) and then remove extruded material from the assembly.
The advantage of this method is its dynamics, if I have to move a component, the holes follow on the linked part.
The disadvantage is the heavier file. Quickly, the files become very slow to open and even crash the software. I was told to avoid using this function in an assembly, I played, I lost.
So my question is, how do you make holes aligned on two pieces, in a simple and dynamic way?
I attach a video where you can see the slowness of the software and a preview of my assembly to fix the ideas. ! Untitled (1)|video
Hello Why not use the edit component from assembly function. This will allow you to keep your rivet holes from the edited part linked to another part even if you move that piece.
The drilling assistance function is more accurate than a material removal. (moreover if u modifies 1 hole it has repercussions everywhere) Namely, the external links between assembly/part very often weigh down and cause many problems to such an extent that this use is proscribed as much as possible in my company. So I would say assistance for drilling either in the part if drilling on the part before welding or in the assembly if done after welding with template for example. In general, we try to design as we manufacture the part if possible
Thank you, it's indeed much less cumbersome and much more fluid!
I didn't have the courage to change all the material removals by the drilling assistance, as you advised @sbadenis, but I will try to apply it for my next projects. It is possible that this will further lighten the assembly
Otherwise it may have the smart components. In your case, inserting the rivet would automatically make the hole in the workpiece. On the other hand, if there are a large number of rivets, there is also a good chance that it will be heavy.
