Hi all
It's a rather simple question.
Here I have a rather large assembly that I save as a part file (. SLDPRT) and I would like to know if it is possible to
keep a link. So if I modify my assembly, the modifications are also made on the part file. Or is there another solution?
Thank you.
No, for me, no solution to do that.
From the moment you register under in SW "you break" the link.
Hello
Transforming an assembly into a part file destroys all links so the answer will be no unfortunately.
On the other hand, there are other methods to lighten assemblies (complex assembly, speedpak) it all depends on why you want to lighten it.
At its simplest, you just have to re-save your assembly as a part file each time you make changes. It doesn't take much longer than if it had to update your part file every time you make a recording of your assembly
Isn't there a way to create a lighter file, which would keep the assembly as a reference, from the "deafature" function?
I am setting up a kitchen. Since it is quite large, I separated it into 3 parts (so 3 assembly files). I work with SWOOD so I don't have the choice to make assemblies to create a kitchen.
Then I planned to make an assembly of the 3 parts files to have my kitchen in its entirety and to finish creating my drawings (top view, cross-section...).
How many pieces are in your assemblies?
Is your problem the risk of SolidWorks slowing down?
It all depends on the assembly, sometimes 100, sometimes 700 or so. Then the problem is that it is not advisable to be in complex assembly with SWOOD because of the functions.
So yes the problem is the slowdown of solidwoks.
700 pcs shouldn't cause big slowdowns. Then there is the speedpak, personally I have never had to use this function but there has been a lot of discussion about it on the forum
It might be a good idea to use configurations for each piece of furniture:
- complete config with accessories (hinges, etc)
- simplified config to use in the overall plan (with only the elements visible)
Do you design the furniture completely or do you only take care of the implementation? In which case, you can start by converting all your elements into "dead" bodies in order to lighten your components if you haven't already done so
Too bad, in this sense I don't think it's possible, but starting from a multibody you can get an associative assembly to this multibody part, and moreover you can also insert a part in a part. But it all depends on your need, in your case if some parts can be done in subset it can already lighten the main ASM.
I think I'll update my part file as I go along.
Thank you for your clear and quick answer.
To answer your question ludo.mai, sometimes I design the furniture completely and sometimes I only do the layout of the furniture. It all depends on the furniture requested and the furniture I have in the library
Hello
I'm sorry to make a mess but there is a solution that works, the part is linked to the assembly and when you modify the assembly the part follows...
You just have to create a canister part in the assembly and use the join function and then save this canister part out of the assembly and you have a part that contains the assembly that follows during a modification... See attached file... if you modify the Ø or the ep of my parts, the ASM and the part3 ASM will follow and you will have to save the assembly so that the part that contains the assembly will be updated. Completed in 2016. On the other hand, when you add parts in the assembly, you will have to edit the join function and add the parts.
Have you been able to test my method?
@AC Cobra: I just looked, I didn't know about this function; What does it look like in terms of processing time on a big ASM?
Stefbeno, it all depends on the complexity of the assembly and its components as well as the constraints. To be tested..
Hello
AC Cobra 427 , yes I tested this method on a substantial assembly. But during the reconstruction, I had a lot of reconstruction errors.
Thank you for your help anyway. Because this function can be very useful in other cases.