intermediate operations

[otrotabi]

I wonder if there´s some way to generate drawings of the intermediate operations of a part without the need to supress the "missing" operations in the part itself.

What I mean is this: we have a part which starts from a copper tube and has some holes machined on one side of the tube. Once this machining is over the tube is bent and at the end there are a couple of tube ends which are welded to the tube. Is it possible to draw the complete part or assembly and have each step of the final part in a separate drawing living at the same time ?

Thanks for your help.

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

This could be done with configurations. Basically you make a configuration that controls the feature suppressions. Then each drawing uses a separate configuration. Keep in mind that Alibre only can do bending on sheet metal and not tubes yet.

 

[otrotabi]

Thanks Nate !

Exactly what I was looking for. I guess this approach should work with assemblies too, I will give it a try.

I´ll also look into your programs.

Regards

José