Reference Element

Calling the command:

The command allows you to create a top-down relationship, between an assembly and a fragment, or between fragments, through geometry borrowed by a fragment from an assembly, or one fragment from another fragment.  The reference element in the fragment is an element, which constructions tree is not available. The constructions tree of the source geometry of the reference element is in another fragment file. This file will be called a geometry source file (Geometry Source). Reference Elements allow you to borrow three-dimensional objects geometry to perform subsequent operations on the edited assembly fragment. The basic elements of the model (3D nodes, coordinate systems, workplanes, 3D profiles, 3D paths, bodies of various types), and topological elements (edges, faces, vertexes) can be borrowed.

As mentioned above, a reference element should be created only in the context of the assembly (except when you want to create an internal reference to eliminate recursion).

Topics in this section:

•Reference Element Creation

•Updating Reference Element

•Geometry Source of Reference Element

•Transformations Source of Reference Element

•Automatic Creation of Reference Elements

•Reference Element in Geometric Parameters

•Derived Object

•Eliminating Recursions when Using Reference Elements

•Detach 3D Element from its Parents