Is it possible to insert a sketch create in an assembly to a part environment?

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by John, Jan 16, 2004.

  1. John

    John Guest

    Greetings:

    Instead of sketching new entities from scratch to create an extrude
    cut for a "bottom wire clamp" part, I would like to re-use edges,
    create a sketch from the "top wire clamp" and bring it over to "bottom
    wire clamp" part.

    I can mate the 2 parts and create an extrude cut in assembly
    environment; however, the extrusion will cut thru other area in the
    top part as well. Also, I am not sure if the cut will update if the
    the bottom part has been modified.

    What would you do in this case?

    Advance thanks for your suggestion and help.
     
    John, Jan 16, 2004
    #1
  2. Sounds to me like an in-context (top down) application. The idea there is
    that you base the parameters of one part on the features of another part.
    As the parent changes, so does the child. As far as cutting, one way to
    control that is to create your planes where you need them and then convert
    edges onto them.

    WT
     
    Wayne Tiffany, Jan 16, 2004
    #2

  3. If you are trying to build a part using features from another part, not make
    an assembly cut, then you need to edit the part you want to modify in the
    assembly. Then make a sketch, convert edges from the other part, and make
    the cut. Now your cut is part of the part, not part of the assembly.

    Jerry Steiger
    Tripod Data Systems
     
    Jerry Steiger, Jan 20, 2004
    #3
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