Using an auxilliary coordinate system to position in an assy

We need to be able to send models to our clients that they can position
correctly in their assemblies. Sending a model that does not have an origin
at the same place as the customers assy origin causes problems to locate the
part correctly. If I create an auxilliary coord system in my part, at the
correct assy origin position, how can my customer use it to line up with his
assy, so far, auxilliary coord systems look pretty and that all. It would be
nice if auxilliary coord systems could actually be used for placement of
parts.

Any suggestions? Am I missing something?

 

In what format are you sending the files? If you are sending them as IGES,
STEP, or Parasolid, I think that you can specify that the part use the new
coordinate system instead of the default.

If I'm wrong about that, you could try moving the bodies to the new origin,
in the right orientation. If that causes problems, because you already use
the default origin and planes for assembly, you could possibly make another
configuration where the body is moved to the new origin, then use that
configuration to make your export files.


Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems
"take the garbage out, dear"

 

Thanks, It would be a nice improvement if the auxilliary coord sytem was a
pickable entity when moving or positioning models in assemblies, that way a
model could be positioned by selecting auxilliary coord systems in in other
models as well.