Associativity of Machinable Axial Features

This section describes the associativity behaviour of a Machinable Axial Feature after a design change (modification, move or delete) of the shape referenced by the feature. This is best illustrated by the following scenarios.

Scenario 1
 

• Modify the shape of faces referenced by a Machinable Axial Feature (iso-topology)

• Move the shape of faces referenced by a Machinable Axial Feature (iso-topology)

• Move the products where faces of a Machinable Axial Feature are referenced.

The expected result is as follows.

• When editing the Machinable Axial Feature all the parameters are updated according to the new specifications.
• When updating the status of any Drilling operation referencing a Machinable Axial Feature, an Update mask must be displayed on the operation in the PPR tree.
• When editing any Drilling operation referencing a Machinable Axial Feature, Feature parameters displayed in Geometry tab page are updated according to the new specifications
• When replaying any Drilling operation referencing a Machinable Axial Feature using the editor, Tool Path replay must show tool path at appropriate location (except if locked).
• When replaying any Drilling operation referencing a Machinable Axial Feature not using the editor, Tool Path Replay must show tool path at appropriate location (except if locked).

Scenario 2

The following design change is made:

• remove faces of a shape referenced by a Machinable Axial Feature from the Design Part.

The expected result is as follows.

• When updating the status of any Drilling operation referencing a Machinable Axial Feature, an exclamation mask must be displayed on the  operation in the PPR tree. Therefore replay is not available.