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Use a part with 5000+ pieces in an assembly
josh_tinkham
Member Posts: 2 ✭
I'm designing an avionics panel in an aircraft. All I care about is the outer shell of each avionics component to determine where to cut holes in the panel, route wires etc. I have models for a couple of the avionics boxes from manufactuers. But unlike most of the avionics models I have, these are not one piece I can click anywhere on and move around. For the PMA450C audio panel, the model has 5000+ components which makes it very cumbersome to work with in the panel assembly.
The best lead I got was to make a composite part, however that is available in part studio. The document I have has the box created in an assembly and I can't figure out how to get it back into a part studio.
Suggestions appreciated!
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4443cb4f92cf6564d410eb1c/w/d3091e235b1b040e71592b0d/e/44601bb86dd47737b3daa1df
Answers
Try this:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3f84343841cb6d7fead072c8/v/63c4121ba31d1d244bd8d37f/e/e6b43bb1112db2e0f9f965b0
You could also crate a configuration where most things are suppressed except for the few parts you need for the overall dimensions (might be quicker depending on what it looks like…