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Subassembly Composer reverse engineer stock subassemblys AKA look at

Subassembly Composer reverse engineer stock subassemblys AKA look at

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Subassembly Composer reverse engineer stock subassemblys AKA look at

PeterKozub
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Hi

 

Is it possible to bring a stock C3D assembly into sub assembly composer to see how its built

 

TIA

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KMercier_C3D
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The stock subassemblies were built using a different methodology than subassembly composer so they can't be directly opened in SAC. 



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MikeEvansUK
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Some are directly available in the 2016 Propack 3 (C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\C3D 2016\enu\ProPack 3 Subassemblies)

 

But I believe the stock files are available in their raw code format (C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2016\C3D\Sample\Civil 3D API\C3DStockSubassemblies)

 

These are viewable with vb express but you need to know programming to understand them.

 

Mike

 

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