Subassembly insert point not visible

[Ingrid91]

Hi,

This seems to be an issue with a specific .dwt-file, however I've come so far in my modeling that it's not really ideal to have to start over from scratch.

I place an assembly. I then place a subassembly that controls variables P1-P9 (don't know its English term). However, the insertion point is not visible, so I can't really attach the lane subassembly to the right place. It's either on P1, or on the assembly. But if I place it on the assembly itself then I can't benefit from the information from P1-P9.

Is there a way to correct this? I don't seem to have editing rights when I look in subassembly properties.

The only two options that I see are:

1. Link vertical subassembly.

2. Overwrite all assembly and subassembly information from another dwt.

[Ingrid91]

Forgot to add the file!

[igi_pop]

Hei!

I'm guessing you want to attach something to the begining of P1?

You could go to subassembly composer, and add a point to the origin, with some code on it.

But i'm now sure what the goal of this is anyways, and why you can't benefit from.

If you want parameter inheritance, you have to go to ASSEMBLY properties, construction, and then choose the correct parameters.

Iggy

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[chriscowgill7373 · Accepted solution]

I'm with @igi_pop I dont understand what you are trying to acomplish with this subassembly. A point code is just going to give you control over the items you see in the codeset style, but you cant just arbitrarily apply them in a single subassembly,  they exist in various subassemblies,  many are coded to only allow specific values.  If you want something beyond that, you would need to create a custom subassembly that allows you to change the code to whatever you want.

If you are using these values to control the point output, I dont think it would work, you would have to have a subassembly that has one point code you can control, and then place it multiple times into your assembly, setting its value each instance of insertion. 

[Ingrid91 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Thanks for all the replies!

I don't think I described the problem correctly, as I only wanted to be able to SEE the insertion point of the P1-P9 subassembly - so that I could then attach other subassemblies to it.

I got help from a colleague and the solution was: Toolspace/Settings/General/Multipurpose style/Code Set Styles

and then copy the style and change it so that <no codes> was visible. Then I could attach the subassemblies to the insertion point.