Update solid and maintaining operations?

[R-Miller]

I can't find any newer treads of this so I post a now one.

I have a many operations program based on a solid part, some help-lines and help-surfaces.

I want to update the solid part with minor changes on it.
Is it possible to swap the solid part in some way and maintain the operations associated to the non changed parts.
Lets say the change only is a small pocket in a advance geometry.

Cheers!

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, R-E said:

I can't find any newer treads of this so I post a now one.

I have a many operations program based on a solid part, some help-lines and help-surfaces.

I want to update the solid part with minor changes on it.
Is it possible to swap the solid part in some way and maintain the operations associated to the non changed parts.
Lets say the change only is a small pocket in a advance geometry.

Cheers!

if it is a similar part to the one you already have you could attempt to modify it using boolean add & remove.

A better option is to create surfaces from the solid when you make your operation ,that way you have no dependancy.

You could also blank your current solid and place the new one in the same positition in space.

[R-Miller]

1 minute ago, byte said:

A better option is to create surfaces from the solid when you make your operation ,that way you have no dependancy.

That is what I'm trying to achieve in my work-group!

[Guest]

The last option is probably what you should do. 

[JParis]

File >> Change Recognition

In a new file position your new solid where your current solid that you want to replace is located

Save it

Open your file to alter, click on file >> Change Recognition

It will leave the paths that match alone and note the ones that changes and will need to be updated.

It can be a bit weird getting it done the first couple of times but it's a process you can get used to....

[R-Miller]

20 minutes ago, JParis said:

File >> Change Recognition

In a new file position your new solid where your current solid that you want to replace is located

Save it

Open your file to alter, click on file >> Change Recognition

It will leave the paths that match alone and note the ones that changes and will need to be updated.

It can be a bit weird getting it done the first couple of times but it's a process you can get used to....

This actually help quite a bit! Some training to it and I think I can make the changes.

Still think our way to work should be with surfaces instead of solids. Much more simple in our daily work with many minor changes from customer.