topic Re: Compenent 'explodes' when copying... in Fusion Support Forum

Compenent 'explodes' when copying...

andrew.smithPWL2Q — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 05:46:25 GMT

Hello,

This is something I stumble upon all the time, that is causing me quite some frustration. I have a component consisting of a number of subcomponents - I guess it is referred to as an assembly? - ...

When I try to duplicate the component using the move tool and checking the 'create copy' box, everything seems fine right up to the moment where I hit 'ok' ... and then: Kablooey! some of the subcomponents are strewn about seemingly randomly.

I have this issue all the time and don't know what I'm doing wrong. The video shows an example of what I'm referring to:

(view in My Videos)

I'm pretty sure that this is all my fault, but would like to know where I'm going wrong... 🙂

Best regards,
Andrew

Re: Compenent 'explodes' when copying...

jeff_strater — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:31:48 GMT

Not easy to diagnose without a sample design, but a couple of things to check for:

Do you get the same behavior if you just Copy/Paste the sub-assembly component involved? In theory, Move with the Copy flag check should do the same thing, but worth checking.
I notice that you have some un-captured component moves in this design. If you Revert or Capture those moves, do you get different behavior?
Is this sub-assembly component fully self-connected with Joints? That is, you are using rigid or other joint types to position the components in this sub-assembly, as opposed to using Move or Align (which do not capture associative relationships between component geometries). Jointed assemblies will always behave better than those without Joints.