Rigid Group Suppress behavior.

[rmkolaks]

I created a Rigid Group associated with a Revolute Joint.  I moved a component that was part of the group and the entire group moved.  It took moment to understand what had happened and why everything was moving when I wanted only that one component to move.  Once realized that the component I wished to move was associated with the Rigid Group what had happened became clear.

I then Suppressed the Rigid Group & moved the component.  I assumed that when the component would register its new relative position with the Rigid Group.  When I Unsuppressed the Rigid Group the component returned to its previous location.  Is this the expected behavior for a Rigid Group?  If so, is there a simple method to alter the relative positions of components within a Rigid Group that does not involve its deletion & recreation?

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

Yes, this is exactly as expected.  You can edit the Rigid Group:  Remove the component you want to be in a different position, roll back before the Rigid Group (this is important!), move it, Capture Position, then re-edit the Group and add it back in.  That's the only way I know to do this.

[rmkolaks]

Thank you , Jeff.  If I were a drinking man I'd buy you a beer.

[yourout]

Would sure be nice if you could suppress a rigid group then reposition an item and unsuppress with the rigid group updating to the new positions or add an update group option that did that.

[jeff_strater]

I understand the requirement.  What is really needed is a better "edit rigid group" that allows you to update positions as well as add/remove components.  Something similar exists with "edit capture position".  That said, there is a way (albeit ugly) to make this happen using rollback and capture position: