pest practice mating a large number of parts in a assembly

john_denver

hi together,

I would be interested to know what is the best practice for rigidly connecting a large number

of similar parts in an assembly, e.g. the iron sheets in the stator of an electric motor.

The first layer (4 sheets belonging together) is to be attached to a sketch

and then the idea is to copy&paste this layer again and again to create the stack.

What exactly should be mated with what?

BR

John

wout_theelen541

For the iron sheets it sounds like you would want to use replicate, Composite parts might also be an interesting option thought I haven't used it before:
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/92861#Comment_92861
I would avoid copying and pasting though it might be doable for a limited number of parts with group mates but I prefer using subassemblies or one of other 2 tools mentioned above.

nick_papageorge073

If they are all the same part, use assembly linear pattern.

S1mon

Another thing to consider - are you designing the motor, or just representing an off the shelf motor for a larger project? If the latter, perhaps representing the stack as a single part is easier.

john_denver

S1mon schrieb:

Another thing to consider - are you designing the motor, or just representing an off the shelf motor for a larger project? If the latter, perhaps representing the stack as a single part is easier.

I design the motor itself.