Assembly Relationship Assistant command
Assembly Relationship Assistant command
Applies assembly relationships between selected parts and subassemblies based on their current geometric orientation. This command is useful when working with assemblies whose parts are oriented correctly, but do not have assembly relationships, such as assemblies that were imported into Solid Edge from another CAD system.
You use the Relationship Assistant dialog box to define the input options you want. You can specify the select set option you want to use, whether existing relationships are removed, and whether relationships can be applied to the base reference planes.
The following select set options are available:
You can select one part and apply relationships to another part you select.
You can select one or more parts and apply relationships to a second set of parts.
You can select a set of parts and apply relationships between the parts in the set.
You can select one or more parts and apply relationships to all the remaining parts in the assembly.
You specify which relationships to apply with the Relationship Assistant Settings dialog box. The following relationship types are available:
Mate
Planar Align
Axial Align
Connect
You can also specify whether offset values are allowed for planar align and mate relationships using the Relationship Assistant Settings dialog box.
When you have defined the output options, you can click the Process button on the Relationship Assistant Settings dialog box to create the relationships. The relationships are displayed in the dialog box, sorted by part name. You can select a part or relationship in the dialog box, and it highlights in the graphic window.
You can also clear the check mark adjacent to a part or relationship in the list to specify that relationships are not applied to the cleared items.
Note:
Because applying an assembly relationship involves two parts, each relationship is displayed in the list twice. If you deselect a relationship in one location, it is deselected in both locations. If you deselect a part, all the relationships applied to that part are deselected.
You can then click the Accept or Reset buttons to accept the results or clear the list.
Apply a ground relationship to one part in the assembly, then include this part in select set 1.
Try running Assembly Relationship Assistant without applying offsets (clear the Apply Offsets option).
Avoid applying relationships to large data sets in one operation. Work with small sets of parts.
Axial align relationships are always applied with the rotation unlocked. After applying axial align relationships, manually lock the rotation when appropriate.
Assembly Relationship Assistant command bar