Can't make a union of two bodies

[hph]

Didn't seem like there was a way for me to put multiple unrelated pads, revolutions, etc. into the same body but maybe I'm missing something.

Vast majority of my previous CAD experience was in CREO Parametric.

[Bance]

Didn't seem like there was a way for me to put multiple unrelated pads, revolutions, etc. into the same body but maybe I'm missing something.

PD WB has a single solid rule, each body should consist of a single contiguous solid. If they are not intended to be from a single piece of material then they should be in separate bodies.

Some light reading:-

Part and PartDesign

[hph]

Thanks, just read thru that. Didn't really realize what was going on between them.

CREO had "part" and "assembly" so I was thinking of them like that, but that's not quite right.

[hph]

Why is the bottom view cocked to one side when the rotation is 0 and the directions are unit vectors?

[Bance]

TD WB takes the view in the 3D view window, make that isometric and it should be good, if I read the question correctly.

[chrisb]

I fully support Bance's one-body-approach. For the sake of completeness I return to the OP question: The Union succeeds, if I move the Support 10µm in Z-direction.

[hph]

IDK, what I just wrote above seemed to go away on its own when I changed my model. Now the "support" part and the rest of it is in the same body.

Can someone please tell me how to adjust the scale on this view? I change this and NOTHING happens

Thanks

[Shalmeneser]

[Shalmeneser]

For some modifications in TechDraw, you need after to use TechDraw_RedrawPage.

[hph]

Thanks Shalmeneser, redraw page fixed it. IDK why that is not done automatically, when most of the other properties are.