Restore Associativity?

[Bill.Schmid]

When you're working in an assembly, if you change the visibility of a work feature, Inventor tells you the visibility is controlled elsewhere and asks if you want to remove the associativity.  Is there a way to restore that associativity once it's been removed?

[Curtis_Waguespack · Accepted solution]

Hi Bill.Schmid, 

You can right-click on a subassembly and choose Representation... and then set the Associative option for any View Representation other than Master.

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

[trumpy81]

Bill, I have seen the same message, but for the life of me, I can't work out what it means. I don't use any associativity in my models because it causes problems when I try to use my parts in other projects, so what associativity it refers to is a mystery to me.

I don't have any sub assemblies most of the time either?

At present I just answer Yes or No and the dialog goes away. So far is hasn't caused any issues that I'm aware of.

[Bill.Schmid]

Curtis,

Thanks, that did it.  Nice animation you've got for your profile picture, too.

[Bill.Schmid]

Andy,

If you edit a part or assembly within its parent assembly and change the visibility of a work feature, you get that warning message.  I think what it means is that the visibility of that work feature was controlled from somewhere else, not the assembly you're in.  Clicking OK shifts that control to the assembly you're in.  So now, if you turn the work feature's visibility on or off in its own part or assembly, it won't have any effect on the assembly you changed it in.  That can be bad if you get 50 instances of the part or assembly, all with a work axis turned on and showing that you want to turn off.  You can't just turn it off in the original part or assembly.  But, if you restore the associativity, you can.

It's kind of a long explanation.  I hope it helps, or at least doesn't add to the confusion.

[trumpy81]

Bill, thanks for the explanation, it helps.

I guess I don't see it as much because my assemblies are generally on the small side and I've only really encountered it when adding design view representations.

Oh, and I wouldn't be concerned about confusing me, I'm in a constant state of confusion ... lol