Reordering Assembly Browser

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to reorganize the Assembly Browser by moving parts up and
down the list.
I am using IV 7. I think that in previous versions I remember dragging
parts up or down the list.
Am I missing something?

Dave Huff

[Anonymous]

We lost the ability in R6. A workaround by Kathy J.

"Make a dummy assembly and place your working assembly in as the first and
ground. Now place your components into the dummy assembly. Don't
constrain. Now Drag and Drop them into your working assembly at the point
in the browser that you want (they won't end up at the bottom of the list).
Now edit your working assembly and constrain."

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"Dave Huff" wrote in message
news:4EAE94FB17D301BBCB1E27971771FDA2@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Is there a way to reorganize the Assembly Browser by moving parts up and
> down the list.
> I am using IV 7. I think that in previous versions I remember dragging
> parts up or down the list.
> Am I missing something?
>
> Dave Huff
>
>

[Anonymous]

nope not that I know of

[Anonymous]

You could in 5.3 but it is currently disabled due to implications with assembly features (if you search this newsgroup you'll find
an accurate explanation from the iTeam). It will be back sometime in the future, but I don't know when.

You can "workround" this by demoting parts into a sub, them promoting them back to the top level, but requires a bit of patience
and a real desire to place lots of assembly constraints.

John Bilton

[Anonymous]

Thanks! Kinda what I thought! Sure would be nice to have it back for large,
ever-changing assemblies!


"Dave Huff" wrote in message
news:4EAE94FB17D301BBCB1E27971771FDA2@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Is there a way to reorganize the Assembly Browser by moving parts up and
> down the list.
> I am using IV 7. I think that in previous versions I remember dragging
> parts up or down the list.
> Am I missing something?
>
> Dave Huff
>
>

[MechMan_]

Don't even get us started. 😉

MechMan

[ArtC]

I konw a lot of people want to reorder the browser. I would like to know why.

[Anonymous]

Autodesk - Are you listening?



"Dave Huff" wrote in message
news:4EAE94FB17D301BBCB1E27971771FDA2@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Is there a way to reorganize the Assembly Browser by moving parts up and
> down the list.
> I am using IV 7. I think that in previous versions I remember dragging
> parts up or down the list.
> Am I missing something?
>
> Dave Huff
>
>

[MechMan_]

It's all about organizing your assembly so you can find and select objects in the browser faster. Smaller assemblies don't have as much the need as larger assemblies.



MechMan

[Anonymous]

They have already said many-a-time, this will be put back in. WHEN is the
problem. They opened a can of worms with assembly features and it's not just a
line of code to put back in.

--
Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer

[Anonymous]

"It will be back sometime in the future, but I don't know when."

I don't know either...looks like there is a rift in the space-time
continuum.


"John Bilton" wrote in message
news:F6D552CE81C84ABF0F0C061CC38357E3@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> You could in 5.3 but it is currently disabled due to implications with
assembly features (if you search this newsgroup you'll find
> an accurate explanation from the iTeam). It will be back sometime in the
future, but I don't know when.
>
> You can "workround" this by demoting parts into a sub, them promoting them
back to the top level, but requires a bit of patience
> and a real desire to place lots of assembly constraints.
>
> John Bilton
>

[Anonymous]

>I don't know either...looks like there is a rift in the space-time
continuum.

That could explain Sean's wierd dimensions as well

John Bilton

[Anonymous]

> WHEN is the problem.

I've seen it working again in our internal builds.

G

[Anonymous]

3 Cheers! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!

--
Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer

[Anonymous]

Excellent!

I'm looking forward to the return of this feature.

Richard

Gary R Smith (Autodesk) wrote:
>>WHEN is the problem.
>
>
> I've seen it working again in our internal builds.
>
> G
>
>

[ArtC]

I can see this. I use a lot of subassemblies to organize my large assembly.