I'm looking to improve our workflow for sequence drawings on some of our more complex jobs. We currently create sequence drawings and strip out all unnecessary features/information for each sequence to focus on. This has always required a separate model and drawing for each sequence. Issue we have is any revision that is early in processing requires that change to be made to every sequence model after this.
What I would like to do is create a single model, modeling it in the same order that we manufacture in, and be able to create drawings of each sequence in the same order. That way one change/revision to the model fixes all drawings associated with it.
I'd prefer to not roll back the feature tree. While this would work, it would effect other drawings. I'd prefer to not have to open the model every time a drawing needs to be updated and hide/suppress features.
Perhaps Master Modeling may be the answer to this, creating drawings off each child model rather than the parent?
Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Note: It looks like Insert Part might be the ticket, to keep everything linked to previous sequences, but still creates separate models for each sequence. Not the end of the world, and might actually be cleaner on the Drawing end of it.
What I would like to do is create a single model, modeling it in the same order that we manufacture in, and be able to create drawings of each sequence in the same order. That way one change/revision to the model fixes all drawings associated with it.
I'd prefer to not roll back the feature tree. While this would work, it would effect other drawings. I'd prefer to not have to open the model every time a drawing needs to be updated and hide/suppress features.
Perhaps Master Modeling may be the answer to this, creating drawings off each child model rather than the parent?
Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Note: It looks like Insert Part might be the ticket, to keep everything linked to previous sequences, but still creates separate models for each sequence. Not the end of the world, and might actually be cleaner on the Drawing end of it.