Reference Part

General

• A reference part is a concept that allows you to define a part that contains only control or auxiliary geometry.
• A reference part is auxiliary geometry that allows you to control the positioning of parts in an assembly, for example.
• When using skeleton technology, the skeleton is a typical reference part.

Defining a reference part

1. You can define any local part as a reference part. The part properties include the option “Reference Part”. Once you have defined a part as a reference part, its icon in the assembly tree becomes black.

   

2. As a geometry, a reference part is equal to any other part. However, it has the following features:
   • a reference part does not appear in any parts lists
   • a reference part cannot be machined with machining tools
   • a reference part does not appear in the drawings
   • a reference part is not transferred when exporting the file to other systems
   • not considered in the collision detection