Adjusting Assemblies Take 2

[pajamas4]

Hello

Is there a way to adjust the assembly and the parts automatically adjust as well??

I'm not sure if I"m doing this right.

Here's what I did so far. (Attachment with pictures and steps)

This is an assembly file of a 10' trex rafter that goes to a pergola.  Inside of the rafter is an aluminum tube.

What I'm trying to do is save and replace component to make it whatever length (ex: 12') and make the aluminum tuber extrude itself without replacing or saving it.

Picture 1: What I did as fasr was I created (place component)

Picture 2: I drew what I wanted.  Right click on the component and the sketch and hit adaptive.

Picture 3: I extruded the component

Picture 4: I placed the constranint

Picture 5: I set up the relationship of the adaptivity between the other side

I hope you understand this.

Thank you

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[BarryZA]

I tend to go for multi-body solids for stuff like this. Don't know if it's the best but it works.

If you modelled up a part as a multi-body solid and set a view rep for the tube and then placed that view rep on a drawing sheet, those 2 files would give you a nice "adaptive" template.

You could also use the built-in make parts option to push out (derive) the 2 solids into induvidual part files and then into an assembly. So you would have your assembly driven by the original multi-body part.

So take my part, change the overall length and the internal solid will follow.

[pajamas4]

Hello

Can you give me the oldest verson of the file you send me.  The one you send me I couldn't open.  I'm using Inventor 2012.

Thank you