https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/supressing-a-constraint-in-inventor-studio/m-p/10583089#M98494 <P>I'm trying to animate the movement of the red object along the blue horizontal line and then up the vertical line. Im driving a distance constraint to bring it towards the rear, but in the timeline how do I suppress that and the activate a distance mate to raise it up the vertical line?&nbsp; When i try to suppress the horizontal mate it only gives me the option to do it instantly , not over a time duration.&nbsp; Anyone here good with studio and could give me a little help?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="mfurches_0-1630270646149.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/958682i18409F71F2CCFF67/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="mfurches_0-1630270646149.png" alt="mfurches_0-1630270646149.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 29 Aug 2021 20:58:02 GMT mfurches 2021-08-29T20:58:02Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/supressing-a-constraint-in-inventor-studio/m-p/10583089#M98494 <P>I'm trying to animate the movement of the red object along the blue horizontal line and then up the vertical line. Im driving a distance constraint to bring it towards the rear, but in the timeline how do I suppress that and the activate a distance mate to raise it up the vertical line?&nbsp; When i try to suppress the horizontal mate it only gives me the option to do it instantly , not over a time duration.&nbsp; Anyone here good with studio and could give me a little help?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="mfurches_0-1630270646149.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/958682i18409F71F2CCFF67/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="mfurches_0-1630270646149.png" alt="mfurches_0-1630270646149.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 29 Aug 2021 20:58:02 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/supressing-a-constraint-in-inventor-studio/m-p/10583089#M98494 mfurches 2021-08-29T20:58:02Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/supressing-a-constraint-in-inventor-studio/m-p/10583854#M98495 <P>Do you need to drive the constraint?</P><P>Can you just move the component using this command?</P><P>You can suppress the constraints, but I don't think you can animate the suppression, I.e. turn it on and off.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="animate.JPG" style="width: 573px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/958787i02F31A68CB048996/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="animate.JPG" alt="animate.JPG" /></span></P> Mon, 30 Aug 2021 07:17:27 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/supressing-a-constraint-in-inventor-studio/m-p/10583854#M98495 SharkDesign 2021-08-30T07:17:27Z