Bottom-Up 2D Assembly Design

When using the "Bottom-up" approach, the assembly design starts from creation of separate assembly elements – fragments. A fragment drawing is originally created as a standalone T-FLEX CAD document. In the process of creation, it is necessary to follow the certain rules that will allow in future to "snap" the fragment to the elements of the assembly drawing.

A special mechanism is provided in T-FLEX CAD for correct positioning of the fragment drawings in the assembly - Fixing points or vectors. Such elements should be created in a fragment drawing in advance, before inserting it into an assembly drawing.

When inserting a fragment, you need to specify the position of the reference elements in the assembly drawing, which will define the fragment position, orientation and size. The fragment image will be built according to the specified fixing points or vectors. If no attachment elements are created in the fragment drawing, such fragment will be attached to the coordinate system of the assembly drawing page according to its initial coordinates in this page. The position of such fragment can be modified only by editing. To get associated relations between the fragments and the assembly drawing, attached fragments to the nodes of the assembly drawing (including the nodes of other fragments).

Topics in this section:

•2D Fragment's Fixing Elements

•Inserting 2D Fragments into a Drawing