Create a gasket

1. Open wav3_header

2. Right-click in the background of the Assembly Navigator, and make sure WAVE Mode is selected. 3. In the Assembly Navigator, right-click wav3_header and select WAVECopy Geometry to New Part. 4. In the Create a Position Independent Linked Feature message box, click OK. A position independent linked feature or PILO is linked geometry:
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That is not affected if you reposition the parent geometry. That you can position at any location and orientation that your design requires.

5. In the Create New Part dialog box, in the New File Name box, type gasket and press Enter. 6. In the Interpart Copy dialog box, from the Filter list, select Face. 7. Select the face as shown, and click OK.

Extrude the gasket

1. Choose WindowMore. 2. In the Change Window dialog box, double-click gasket. 3. Hide the Datum Coordinate System. Press Ctrl+F to fit the screen.

4. Extrude the face edges so that the gasket is 1.01 mm thick.

5. Remove the linked face from the Model Reference Set. 6. Hide the linked face.

Find WAVE link relationships

When WAVE links are created directly from one part to another without using an assembly structure it is important to know which file is related to which. To understand these relationships you can use these methods. 1. Choose AssembliesWAVEInterpart Link Browser. 2. In the Interpart Links in Selected Parts group, find the Parent Part column. Notice that wav3_header is listed as the parent. You can use this list to find linked geometry relationships.

3. Close the Interpart Link Browser.

Find relationships Information widow

1. In the Part Navigator, right-click Linked Face (1) and choose Information. In the Information window find the line that reads: Defining Part for Linked Face(1) : wav3_header, wav3_header (Fully Loaded) Note When parent parts are partially loaded, the children can be out of date. To make sure that all links are up to date, fully load all parents. 2. Close the Information window.

Find relationships in Browser

1. In the Part Navigator, right-click Linked Face (1) and choose Browse. In the Browser window you can see that wav3_header is the parent to Linked Face (1) which is the parent to Extrude (2).

2. Select the Sheet Body Linked Face (1) check box to display the hidden face.

In the Browser you can perform same operations on the objects as in the Part Navigator, such as;
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Show and Hide Suppress and Unsuppress

Edit feature parameters

3. Close the Browser.

Add the gasket to the header

For the purpose of this activity, to better see that changes to the header effect the gasket, add the gasket as a component to the header. 1. Make wav3_header the work part. 2. Add the gasket as a component of the header. Do not place the gasket on the header mating surface so that you can see both parts change.

3. In the Part Navigator, select Sketch (1). In the Details panel, change Bolt_Hole to 15. The bolt holes in the header and the gasket update.

4. In the Part Navigator, select Chamfer (44). In the Details panel, change Chamfer_Offset_1 to 7. You can see that changes to the header affect the gasket. These edits are not affected by the position of the gasket because the linked face in the gasket is a position independent linked feature.

5. Close the parts now or close all parts when you exit the session. You completed the activity.