Good Day,
I have 2 clutch assembly models. One is CW rotation, the other CCW.
The models are set up to be configurable with regard to shaft andkeyway size, and the length of the driving jaw.
Every assembly configuration gets its own unique multisheetdrawing. Each subpart configuration gets its own unique multisheetdrawing.
A customer's machine breaks down, we get an emergency call for areplacement clutch whose design is obsolete, so we need to quicklyproduce current product design documentation ASAP for a form, fit,and function replacement.
We fire up the master model and all the subparts that will get newconfigurations added. Add configurations to all of the subparts,and create new drawings for them from previously drawnconfigurations as templates. Make .pdf's for public consumption.Check them all into their individual projects in our PDMW vaut.
Then move up to the assembly level...Add the new configuration, andcreate a new drawing for it using a previously drawn configurationas a template. Make .pdf's for public consumption. Check them allinto their individual projects in our PDMW vaut.
Then we can do our ECN paperwork, so that item master and BOMs canbe entered into our MRP system.
A clutch has 12 unique parts, 4 of which need a new configrationwhen a new clutch configuration is needed. I spent 7 hoursdocumenting one new cofiguration for a clutch! Ther's got to be afaster way...
If I invested 40 hours into automating this, it would pay back bythe time I process 5 more new clutch configurations!
Without concerning the checking in to PDMW, and the MRP data, canthis task be automated by recording and editing a macro?
Where should I start to learn how to do this? I'd greatlyappreciate any straight talk that I can get about this subject.
Enjoy this day!
Greg Van Arsdale
SW 2008 sp 3.1
XP Pro 2002 sp2
Pentium 4, 3.4 GH, 2 GB RAM
nVIDIA Quadro FX 3400
SolidworksApi macros
I have 2 clutch assembly models. One is CW rotation, the other CCW.
The models are set up to be configurable with regard to shaft andkeyway size, and the length of the driving jaw.
Every assembly configuration gets its own unique multisheetdrawing. Each subpart configuration gets its own unique multisheetdrawing.
A customer's machine breaks down, we get an emergency call for areplacement clutch whose design is obsolete, so we need to quicklyproduce current product design documentation ASAP for a form, fit,and function replacement.
We fire up the master model and all the subparts that will get newconfigurations added. Add configurations to all of the subparts,and create new drawings for them from previously drawnconfigurations as templates. Make .pdf's for public consumption.Check them all into their individual projects in our PDMW vaut.
Then move up to the assembly level...Add the new configuration, andcreate a new drawing for it using a previously drawn configurationas a template. Make .pdf's for public consumption. Check them allinto their individual projects in our PDMW vaut.
Then we can do our ECN paperwork, so that item master and BOMs canbe entered into our MRP system.
A clutch has 12 unique parts, 4 of which need a new configrationwhen a new clutch configuration is needed. I spent 7 hoursdocumenting one new cofiguration for a clutch! Ther's got to be afaster way...
If I invested 40 hours into automating this, it would pay back bythe time I process 5 more new clutch configurations!
Without concerning the checking in to PDMW, and the MRP data, canthis task be automated by recording and editing a macro?
Where should I start to learn how to do this? I'd greatlyappreciate any straight talk that I can get about this subject.
Enjoy this day!
Greg Van Arsdale
SW 2008 sp 3.1
XP Pro 2002 sp2
Pentium 4, 3.4 GH, 2 GB RAM
nVIDIA Quadro FX 3400
SolidworksApi macros
