Components moving when saving a copy or moving

[smithweyer]

Here is the messed up version of my project lol. I fixed it to some extent later on by rebuilding the components in question. The problem happens when I move or export the nema 27 motor.

[smithweyer]

I'm not moving the bodies although that does do weird things as well but when I rotate the component group that's when the really fun things start happening.

[TrippyLighting · Accepted solution]

With 20 warnings and several errors in the timeline, moving components are the least of your problems.

My suggestion would be to go through the tutorials in the Learn & Support section and then attempt this again from scratch.

You'll certainly have questions after watching those, but the tutorials will lay a more solid foundation t build on.

[laughingcreek · Accepted solution]

You have a massive number of move commands and position captures.  (you shouldn't have any).  In addition to that you don't have a single joint to define the position of components to each other.  and there are errors in your time line that need to be resolved.   Given all this, it's going to be impossible to predict the behavior of the components when you make adjustments.

2 suggestions, start over using good modeling practices, or turn off your timeline and go to direct modeling mode.  (the time line isn't helping you anyway because it's such a mess). 

[smithweyer]

Yeah, I fixed the errors or most of them after this file. I realized about halfway in that you couldn't have errors, I thought it was like other programs that have warnings that just go away lol. Anyways, so you suggest that there need to be rigid constraints on the components? I'm using 360 to visualize my design and I have been modifying as I go that's why I haven't constrained anything. I didn't realize that you could turn off the timeline.. that would of saved some headaches. I did consider restarting, I may end up doing that. Thanks TrippyLighting and laughingcreek.