Sub-Assemblies in An Assembly

[WaialuaRobotics]

Hello,
I'm working with Inventor 6 and need some help with placing sub-assemblies into one assembly.

I use the "Place Component" method, but when I insert a sub-assembly with transitional constraints, it still exist on the history, but the constraint no longer works and it's locked as one piece. Anyone know how to separate the pieces and allow the constraints to work again?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Mark the Sub as Adaptive after you get it placed.

Once marked adaptive the DOF's that exist in the sub itself will propagate
to the top level. (if a hydraulic cylinder can be "stroked" in the sub, then
it can be stroked in the top level)

At this point (adaptive subs) the constraints(if you wish to drive the
cylinder, for e.g.) must be applied while working in the context of the top
level.

QBZ


"WaialuaRobotics" wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I'm working with Inventor 6 and need some help with placing sub-assemblies
into one assembly.
> I use the "Place Component" method, but when I insert a sub-assembly with
transitional constraints, it still exist on the history, but the constraint
no longer works and it's locked as one piece. Anyone know how to separate
the pieces and allow the constraints to work again?
>
> Thanks
>

[Anonymous]

As Quinn says, but also, like any other adaptive part - it can only be
"adapted" once, so if you have two of them - they will both "adapt" the
same. To get around this (currently) you would need to do a SAVE COPY AS on
the subassembly, and give it a different name (before you mark any placement
of it as being adaptive). Then you could have two placements - each adapting
differently.

Note however, that you'll need to manually consolidate your BOM because at
this point (as far as Inventor is concerned) you have two different things,
not one thing twice.

Make sense?

G