The options for Synchronous hole features are pretty self-explanatory. So why have them at all? Why not just go Synchronous on your assemblies? You can still move things together just by selecting multiple items from different parts in the assembly.Īnyway, I’m getting off track here. Every time I talk to people about in-context design, they claim that they get rid of the links as soon as they are created. You can use the “Maintain Links…” option, but this is really old school by now. Of course I’m going to go for the Synchronous features. Notice all the options, and in particular the choices the tool gives you between Ordered and Synchronous features. In the Assembly, on the Features tab, Modify group, click on the Subtract tool. The threaded cylinder rod, the brass cylinder body and the four screws are the subtract-ors. Here the transparent green and blue parts are the ones we want to edit – the subtract-ees.
If the subtract-or is not threaded, but is still round, the software still uses the next larger hole feature to make sure there is some clearance, but still allows you to edit it as a hole. Plus, the features turn out to be real hole features which can be edited, with depths, drill types, and all that. With the new functionality, you can subtract one part from another in the assembly, and if the subtract-or has a male thread, the subtract-ee will get a female thread. Sometimes making matching holes for screws or other items can be tedious, but these new tools make it much easier.
ST9 has some cool new functionality when it comes to working between parts in the assembly.