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the core bug here was fixed earlier this year. You can re-select a missing component reference. However... there are restrictions. The new joint origin (explicit or implicit) must be a "sibling" (same level in the hierarchy) from the original. It all has to do with where the joint ends up in the hierarchy, and changes to the path might relocate the joint, etc, etc. It is on our list to fix, but not currently scheduled.
Jeff Strater
Engineering Director
As the lead designer for a company (https://ecokit.com.au/), over the years we have created a library of tens of thousands of files that get together assembled to complete houses that can be CNC produced from plywood.
When individual parts get updated, often the joints of the assemblies break. When joints can be simply edited to repair it is a blessing. But mostly joints have to be remade.
Even leading to extreme tensions in-between the team members as one simply needs to make an update or fix an error, but can result for the other to get hours up to a day of work to fix the assemblies after that.
Mostly one part of the joint is still functioning, but the other part is: Missing reference. No point can be selected as all parts are filtered transparent and non selectable.
The selectability disappears when the original part that had the Snap point has been updated, but this is unfortunately mostly the case.
The only solution is to move the timeline slider to the point of failure, make a new joint and delete the failed one. Doing this for up to a hundred parts is a time consuming and costly bug in the Fusion 360.
Is there a way when editing a broken joint to release the filters and select any part again as if making a new Joint?
If the selection for the missing reference is to be on the same component as before, the joint does not need to be re-created.
However, in order to be able to select that geometry, you need to first set the assembly/component/geometry to selectable.
The browser image you shared indicates that the two linked files are set to non-selectable.
I am convinced you can select the needed new reference if you change that to selectable.
Sorry in the picture before, the non-selectable mark is not the problem. I gave a wrong example picture.
Here a better example:
The edit joint function to fix issues after updating or replacing a component, makes it useless because nothing can be selected. The only way to fix this is to make a new joint. If Fusion would allow to unmask the selection filter, it would improve functionality greatly.
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