Grawp wrote: ↑Wed Dec 07, 2022 11:05 pm
I haven't found anything like that done with Asm4. Is it even possible? I've seen only final assemblies be done so far which is worthless except for having nice visualization when you don't/can't use it to drive your design further.
Have you ever seen the Asm4-tutorials by Mads Leth Danielsen ->
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpdgfE ... g9Q/videos
His scissor lift (an amimated assembly) is a simple example how to build up an assembly from scratch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBmkm9ewhRU
He starts with a sketch only. Finishing the part used - one arm is inserted in the assembly four times - is done later. Dimensions of this part are changed several times - by trial and error with some breakdowns of the assembly. But at least he ends up with a moving (simple) scissor-lift
Also his other tutorials are showing that one can adopt and add nearly everything during design-process.
Positioning of LCS is crucial - at least the concept of using a master sketch is robust.
This basic-sketch is stable in most cases and therefore not exposed to toponaming problem.
In your case placing parts on a basic layout - a master sketch at all - can be a way.
Finishing parts and housing on the fly is possible any time.
My workflow: create single components in PartDesign and arrange them with Zolko's Assembly4
(
https://github.com/Zolko-123/FreeCAD_Assembly4 )
FreeCAD works pretty well and stable for me !!
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