topic Re: Help! - Move action doubles increments in Dynamic Blocks Forum

Help! - Move action doubles increments

hencoop — Fri, 18 May 2018 13:44:58 GMT

Hi all,

I have a problem I cannot solve by myself. The Move action in my dynamic block doubles the specified increment. The circles in the image are intended to move by the increment but they move by double the increment specified. (JFYI: this is a clip angle dynamic block that has a min. leg of 2.5" and a max leg of 6"; the bolt holes should move on their centers by 1/4" increments from 3/4" to 4-1/2" from the edge of the clip angle leg.)

How can I fix this?

Re: Help! - Move action doubles increments

Libbya — Fri, 18 May 2018 14:43:57 GMT

The picture is pretty but doesn't help anyone help you. Post the block.

My best guess is that you have more than one action acting on the items and the actions combine to move them in unwanted ways.

Re: Help! - Move action doubles increments

hencoop — Fri, 18 May 2018 14:53:45 GMT

Libbya,

Thank you for your reply.

The picture was just to show what I meant by "doubling". I have tried multiple times to make sure that I have NOT linked other actions to cause this. It happens when I try stretch and move actions, both with multiple versions of selection sets. I have tried it with ONLY the circles selected for this action and making sure that NO other actions include neither this action nor the circles. I do not remember what the current status of all of the action selection sets are. You are absolutely correct! Including the block will help me be helped so I have attached it.

Re: Help! - Move action doubles increments

Libbya — Fri, 18 May 2018 15:05:20 GMT

As I suspected, you are moving the circles and you are also moving the chained 'Hole Spacing' parameter which in turn is stretching the holes. The result is that the move action and the stretch actions combine. If the 'Hole Spacing' parameter needs to be chained, then the simple solution is to remove the circles from the move selection set and move only the Hole Spacing parameter which in turn will move the circles because of the chain. I didn't examine the functions of the other parameters/actions but I wonder if any of them actually need to be chained. If not, then making them chained will only cause issues. See screencast.

Re: Help! - Move action doubles increments

hencoop — Fri, 18 May 2018 15:09:45 GMT

Thanks!