About Reference ProductBefore R11 level, when you were not working in alternate shape mode and after having saved a silhouette representation from a sub-assembly, you could only reinsert it into the root product (using Insert->Existing Component...) It means you could not reinsert any representation into a sub-assembly at any level. Thus, there was no update in positioning the silhouette representation with the product. See figure 1 below: |
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Figure 1
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This capability solves this problem: you can now select a reference product into which you will reinsert your silhouette result. This is no longer the Root product axis system which is taken into account but the reference axis system of this selected reference product. See figure 2 below | ||||||||||||||||||
Figure 2
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This task will show you how to use 'reference product' option within the silhouette functionality | |||||||||||||||||
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Open SILHOUETTE_REFERENCE.CATProduct document from the samples folder. | |||||||||||||||||
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In the following scenario,
do not manage your silhouette as an alternate shape Note in other scenarios, you might find useful to manage automatically your Silhouette result as an alternate shape of the initial component and specify a directory/path to save your result (see Customizing DMU Optimizer Settings) |
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Remember you can customize silhouette settings at any time. | |||||||||||||||||
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