View Joints Associated with a Component

[Anonymous]

In a large assembly, is there a way to click on a component and see what joints are associated with that component?  

Alternatively, is there a workflow method to organize joints better?  Right now I find it impossible to find which joint is where when you have more than 15-20 unless you do them all at the same time (not generally practical).  Even the preview of the joint is generally useless (when you left click on the joint in the Timeline).  The only way I have found is to go through and edit each joint until I see the one I want.  

Any help?

[TrippyLighting · Accepted solution]

Yes and it is fairly intuitive to find but I find it cumbersome to use.

I personally name my joints in larger assemblies referencing the part names I am joining. This reduces the need for too much clicking.

Right-click on a component in the browser and select "Select referencing joints"

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You can also select a joint and following the same method find the involved components:

[Anonymous]

Awesome, thanks for the help.

[chmed]

I'm finding that "select referencing joints" doesn't always appear in the context menu for a component that does indeed have joints.  It seems that what is happening is that a subcomponent of the component in question is what actually has the joint to the larger assembly.  It would certainly be good if there were some indication of this situation when in the context menu.   But for now, for anyone who is confused, watch out for this condition....  

[chrisplyler]

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@chmed wrote:

I'm finding that "select referencing joints" doesn't always appear in the context menu for a component that does indeed have joints.  It seems that what is happening is that a subcomponent of the component in question is what actually has the joint to the larger assembly.  It would certainly be good if there were some indication of this situation when in the context menu.   But for now, for anyone who is confused, watch out for this condition....  

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Perhaps, instead of jointing one of the subcomponents to the larger assembly, you might want to joint the main component to the larger assembly, and then joint the subcomponents to that.

[laughingcreek]

That sounds tedious, especially if your in the habit of not having assemblies with bodies and sub-components at the same level in the hierarchy.  Or if more than one sub-component moves in relation to the larger assembly.

[chrisplyler]

Tedious, I guess, if making one extra joint is tedious. And it solves the problem described.

Plus, if you are organizing small groupings of parts into sub-assemblies, and then each sub-assembly jointed once into the whole, why wouldn't you want it that way?

[chmed]

To answer the question about joining between the master components... Well, in many cases recently I'm starting with a component that has sliding or rotational joints between it's own subcomponents.  And then, once inserted into my master assembly,  I'm joining one of those subcomponents to another component of my main assembly.  Applying a joint to the entire inserted component might get complicated if it will work at all?