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Advanced
Assembly
Design
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Topics Covered:
Layout Design
Automatic Assembly
Skeleton Assembly
Simplified Reps.
Creating Part in an Assembly
Assembly Management
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Layout - 2D non-parametric sketch of design
- Engineering Notebook
Layout Data:
* Sketched geometry
* Design Notes
* Global datum features for automatic assy
* Global Dimensions and parameters
* Global Relations

Layout Design
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Steps involved in Layout Design
OInitialize the notebook (layout)
O Sketch the design layout
OLabel components with balloons
O Create global dimensions, parameters and relations
O Declare notebook to other notebooks for parametric values
OCreate global datum features for auto assy.
Layout Design
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Advantages
C Contains most of the engineering data of the design
CAllows designers to access and control for several
models from one central location
CIt can drive any number of models and drawings
CEnsures proper fits and sizes
Layout Design
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Two Steps must be taken to get automatic assembly.
. Create a layout with Global datum planes.
. Create the parts with the datum in the correct position and
declare these datum to be equal to datum in layout
Automatic Assembly
Advantage
. Easy to manage assembly constraints.
. Reduces poorly constrained assembly.
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Skeleton Assembly
Skeleton Part:
define the overall shape(envelope) of the assembly.
skeleton part is created in assembly mode.
made of all datum and surface features.
components are directly assembled to the skeleton.
the mass of the assembly will not be affected
multiple_skeletons_allowed YES/NO
Number of skeleton per assembly
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Advantages:
` reduces the number of parent-child dependencies for the
assembly.
` components can be moved by modifying the skeleton
` any or all the parts can be removed without affecting the
other components.
` able to have two and three dimensional motion occur in the
assembly.
Skeleton Assembly
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v allow you to simplify a view of a design
v one of the large assembly management technique
v all simplified reps are based upon a Master Reps
v reduces regeneration, retrieval, display time of assembly
v it supports both TOP-DOWN and BOTTOM-UP design
approaches
Simplified Representations
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Types of Reps:
Master Reps
Graphics Reps
Geometry Reps
Simplified Representations
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Master Reps
always reflects fully detailed assembly, including
all of its assembly members
you can do all the assembly operations in this rep.
by default the assembly will be in master rep.
Simplified Representations
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Graphics Reps
contains information for display only.
you cant modify or reference this rep for assembly
operations.
assembly operations are not possible.
display is depends on save_model_display value
Simplified Representations
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Simplified Representations
Geometry Reps
provides complete geometry of the assembly
useful for measurements and mass property
calculations
you cant reference this rep for assembly
operations.
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Simplified Representations
Advantages:
`Control in members of an assembly are retrieved
into session and displayed
`Speeds up the regeneration and display process.
`Reduces time taken for retrieval of the assembly
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Designing a part in assembly
We can create parts, sub-assemblies and bulk item in a assembly
mode.
Types of parts to be created in assembly:
a. Solid Model (Regular part model)
b. Sheet metal (Regular sheet metal part)
c. Intersect (intersection of two or more parts)
d. Mirror (mirror of existing part)
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Designing a part in assembly
Limitations in creating Intersect part:
you cannot move the resulting part
you cannot use harness parts to create a part by
intersection
you cannot retrieve the part until the assembly to
which it belongs is in memory
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Assembly Management
- Modify Sub-assembly and
Restructure
- Assembly Dimensions
- Move, Copy and Pattern
- Assembly Features
- Assembly Info
- Simplified reps
- Assembling Concept
Blocks
- Using Layers
- Feature and Component
suppression
- Display Control