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    Assemblies and drawings not updating

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    01-09-2013 02:49 PM

    I've searched all over google and this forum for a solution to this problem and can't find one.

     

    My issue is that whenever I edit a sub-assembly or a part within an assembly, whether it's from within the assembly by right clicking and choosing "edit" or by opening the sub-assembly/part and editing it separetely, once I return to the top assembly, it does not update constraints to reflect the changes. Say I constrain the top of a part to be flush with something in the assembly. Then I edit the part and make it shorter. Once I return to the assembly, the part has shortened but it is no longer flush as it was meant to be. It is lower with respect to the plane it should be flush to. If I double-click the "flush" constraint and then click the check mark, it's like it reminds Inventor the constraint is there and the part hops up where it should be.

     

    Is there any way I can click an "update" button or something so Inventor automatically checks for part changes and re-constrains everything after I make changes to sub-assemblies or parts? I found a "Refresh" button and added it to my Quick Access Toolbar, but it does absolutely nothing.

     

    I often have the same issue with sheets in my .idw files; they do not update once I edit a .ipn or another view in the sheet. Is there a similar solution for this instance as well?

     

    Thanks for any help you can provide.

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    Mentor
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    Re: Assemblies and drawings not updating

    01-09-2013 03:22 PM in reply to: DRoam

    Should do it by itself but try Manage -> Rebuild All.

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    LT.Rusty
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    Re: Assemblies and drawings not updating

    01-09-2013 03:23 PM in reply to: DRoam

    Try hitting rebuild all and / or update.




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    Re: Assemblies and drawings not updating

    01-09-2013 03:25 PM in reply to: DRoam

    Hi DRoam,

     

    A couple of things come to mind.

     

    Do you have a lot of adaptive parts in the assembly?

     

    Also check this setting:

    Tools tab > Application Options > Assembly tab > Defer Update option (turn this off if it's on)

     

    I hope this helps.
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    Re: Assemblies and drawings not updating

    01-10-2013 10:40 AM in reply to: RobJV

    I haven't been able to test it because the issue hasn't re-occured yet, but it appears this will work, thanks!

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    Re: Assemblies and drawings not updating

    01-10-2013 10:44 AM in reply to: DRoam

    Thanks all for the replies. @Curtis, I don't have very many adaptive parts in the assembly. Just many, many constraints. Also that option was turned off, thanks for the info though.

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