Alternate Position

[Anonymous]

Please refresh my memory...
I would like to create an alternate position sub-assembly. I know all about
setting it to reference and all that. The part I forget is, is there an easy way
to keep the parts just like they are now in the main assembly (constrained, not
subassembly) and still select the parts to be put into alternate position? I've
seen people say use drag-and-drop but it does not seem to be working as I
expected. Please advise. Thanks.

--
Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer
www.autoconcorp.com

[Anonymous]

Dave,

You could select all your needed parts in the main assembly and demote
them into a sub. Save the assembly, but say NO to saving the main
assembly(just save the new sub). Now hit Undo (since the sub was saved
to disk and you want all your original parts back) and place the new sub
into the main assembly.

Set the new sub's occurence to reference.

The Drag and Drop thing works if you are dropping parts into a new sub;
demoting in effect. Grabbing them all at once will keep any
relationships between the selected set of parts as they are being
stuffed into a new sub... drag n drop one at a time will keep their
position, but no interelated constraints.... plus you'll have a wack of
undo's to do after the false save.

Before doing any of this, I'd recommend bumping your oldversions up a
couple of notches-just a personal experience thing 😉

QBZ



"Dave Jacquemotte" wrote in message
news:FD5AC42BA45E3AA0214E41F336C127DF@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Please refresh my memory...
> I would like to create an alternate position sub-assembly. I know all
about
> setting it to reference and all that. The part I forget is, is there
an easy way
> to keep the parts just like they are now in the main assembly
(constrained, not
> subassembly) and still select the parts to be put into alternate
position? I've
> seen people say use drag-and-drop but it does not seem to be working
as I
> expected. Please advise. Thanks.
>
> --
> Dave Jacquemotte
> Automation Designer
> www.autoconcorp.com
>
>
>
>

[Anonymous]

Thanks, Q. The undo thing is exactly what I was looking for. Question...is there
a way to D-and-D parts from existing to existing? I am thinking I should have
used a Master, but too late now.

--
Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer
www.autoconcorp.com



"Quinn Zander" wrote in message
news:5355BB3C6B47A6F03D8DBCBDB2639EF9@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Dave,
>
> You could select all your needed parts in the main assembly and demote
> them into a sub. Save the assembly, but say NO to saving the main
> assembly(just save the new sub). Now hit Undo (since the sub was saved
> to disk and you want all your original parts back) and place the new sub
> into the main assembly.
>
> Set the new sub's occurence to reference.
>
> The Drag and Drop thing works if you are dropping parts into a new sub;
> demoting in effect. Grabbing them all at once will keep any
> relationships between the selected set of parts as they are being
> stuffed into a new sub... drag n drop one at a time will keep their
> position, but no interelated constraints.... plus you'll have a wack of
> undo's to do after the false save.
>
> Before doing any of this, I'd recommend bumping your oldversions up a
> couple of notches-just a personal experience thing 😉
>
> QBZ
>
>
>
> "Dave Jacquemotte" wrote in message
> news:FD5AC42BA45E3AA0214E41F336C127DF@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Please refresh my memory...
> > I would like to create an alternate position sub-assembly. I know all
> about
> > setting it to reference and all that. The part I forget is, is there
> an easy way
> > to keep the parts just like they are now in the main assembly
> (constrained, not
> > subassembly) and still select the parts to be put into alternate
> position? I've
> > seen people say use drag-and-drop but it does not seem to be working
> as I
> > expected. Please advise. Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Dave Jacquemotte
> > Automation Designer
> > www.autoconcorp.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

Yes, you can drag (demote) "manually". I shouldn't used the word "new"
in that context. You could create a "new" empty sub assembly using the
create component dialog, finish edit back to the top level and drop
parts into the "new" (existing) sub to your hearts content.... it's just
that anything you put there is going to disappear from the top level.

And.... you can drag n drop between subs too-the trick is to expand the
subs so the part can see where it is going.

QBZ


"Dave Jacquemotte" wrote in message
news:713E82E7B3C652775BC11BAE57373B1B@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Thanks, Q. The undo thing is exactly what I was looking for.
Question...is there
> a way to D-and-D parts from existing to existing? I am thinking I
should have
> used a Master, but too late now.

[Anonymous]

Could you use derived parts to solve this.... create a derived part and
exclude the parts that you don't need then add this derived part into your
other assembly in the alternate position?

Dave

"Dave Jacquemotte" wrote in message
news:FD5AC42BA45E3AA0214E41F336C127DF@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Please refresh my memory...
> I would like to create an alternate position sub-assembly. I know all
about
> setting it to reference and all that. The part I forget is, is there an
easy way
> to keep the parts just like they are now in the main assembly
(constrained, not
> subassembly) and still select the parts to be put into alternate position?
I've
> seen people say use drag-and-drop but it does not seem to be working as I
> expected. Please advise. Thanks.
>
> --
> Dave Jacquemotte
> Automation Designer
> www.autoconcorp.com
>
>
>
>