Lambolico Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Hello! I'll explain my problem. I have a simple assembly with 2 parts. One of the parts has an extruded hole (the female), and the other part has the extruded male. I want to "link" male's position to female position. So if I dimension the female sketch, male's position updates automatically. I don't konw how to do that "inter part" relation. Could you help please? Best regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 The term you are looking for is "in context" modeling. This is using features from one part to drive another part. I prefer to model things as multi-body solids then make assemblies from there. I talk about multi body solids a bit on my site. http://www.solidworkslessons.info/#!__multi-body-parts To do this in an assembly you will want to start your new part and use "convert entities" which will project that 'boss' onto your new sketch. This can get messy especially when dealing with mates and moving parts so you will have to be cautious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambolico Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 Thank a lot Matt. I will work on it. Nice webpage by the way, will help me a lot. Best regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 no problem. there is tons of info out there. I just pulled up a presentation from solidworks world. I havent watched it but Jason knows his stuff so im sure it will be helpful. http://www.solidworks.com/includes/swworld/presentations_/proceedings_display.cfm?sid=20357 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambolico Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 Tank you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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