Working with duplicates and change control

 

The problem with duplicates

Multi-body skeleton design involves expressing some potentially identical components of a structure as separate parts. They are identical in geometric form, but in the assembly these parts are represented by separate files. A duplicate search function is available for automatic identification of such identical parts. It allows all parts in an assembly to be reassembled and to determine whether the geometry of those parts is the same, regardless of how the geometry was created. This enables identical parts in the BOM to be combined into a single entry, reducing the amount of information that needs to be prepared.

 

Change control

Another important function that uses the analysis of the uniformity of part geometry is change control. This is particularly true when working with copies of products that are built using the multi-body skeleton design method. The state of the current geometric shape can be fixed for the product parts. After the copied design is modified, it is possible to ask which parts have changed since the last skeleton modification or any other modification of the components and which have remained unchanged.

 

Search and definition of duplicates

Recording and checking geometry status