4-bar mechanism joints problem

[dvS2AGN]

Hi all,

Thanks for this super design tool. I have been learning it for a few weeks now and getting used to the structure and I like it a lot!

As a former user of SolidWorks I was surprised to see how involved the staff is with their product and how well they help you. 

I am trying to design a four bar mechanism using imported parts. Before that I practised with a very simple model built from scratch and that worked fine. When using imported parts from Solidworks I cannot get the joints to stay in position. Best effort was 3 joints working, but the final one wouldn't stay in place, whatever I tried.

As can be seen in the screen-cast the "As-built joint" command works as expected. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

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[dvS2AGN]

What I found out is that the origin of the joint ended somewhere outside the model.

With the edit joint function I was able to attach the origin in the right location and now it works fine.

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