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Is it possible to keep the subassembly sectioned while entering its environment?

francesco.dinh — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:00:20 GMT

As shown in the gif, if I enter a subassembly while it is sectioned in the master assembly, this will "lose" sectioning. This is a slight annoyance and I'd like to avoid it.

Is there a way to keep the master assembly sectioning while entering a subassembly?

Thanks!

Re: Is it possible to keep the subassembly sectioned while entering its environm

Mark.Lancaster — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:35:23 GMT

@francesco.dinh

For the future instead of making animated gifs that doesn't show Inventor functions, create a Autodesk Screencast showing your workflow.

So I assume you created an assembly section view and then you are going to edit in place an assembly, is that correct? Also always indicate what Inventor version you are using.

Re: Is it possible to keep the subassembly sectioned while entering its environm

francesco.dinh — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:56:06 GMT

You're right. I'm not using inventor in english, I don't specifically know all the terminology.

Yeah, that happens after I double-click on a subassembly to edit it in place. It's strange because If I set a section view in the subassembly, it is kept once I exit the subassembly to return to the main one. But not the other way around.

Re: Is it possible to keep the subassembly sectioned while entering its environm

johnsonshiue — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:23:31 GMT

Hi! This is an interesting request. Indeed, the behavior is a little bit inconsistent and I cannot think of a clear technical reason why it has to be this way. Let me work with the project team and see if it can be done.

Many thanks!

Re: Is it possible to keep the subassembly sectioned while entering its environm

francesco.dinh — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 08:22:49 GMT

Hi john,

thank you for your reply! It's great to see that the AD team is listening.

Cheers!