I need help about deleting all references in assembly

[erasarnova]

Hi all , 

I need lots of skecth references like line point circle etc.

I want to see all of them and i need to break link all of them.

In Solidworks there is "External References" and i really use it too many.

Is there any short way about this in Inventor ?

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Are you talking about deleting project constraints? If yes, I am not aware of a way to select all project constraint. You could use an iLogic rule to do that programmatically.

What is the link? Are these adaptive sketches?

Many thanks!

[erasarnova]

Main problem is : 

I'm working on a complex assembly.I always use some references like project geometry , or some dimension references.When i do this , my skecth < part < assembly < assembly change to adaptive .If i just use one line with project geomerty , the highest assembly that include this part(projected geometry),  changes to adaptive assembly.But if i have 4-5 adaptive parts,  when i do any operation like (copy,move,contstrain etc.) my workstaion gets very slow and allways updates slowly and gets errors about links to adaptives.If i close all adaptive one by one , it gets to normal but i takes too much time. So i want delete or inactive all adaptives with short way.

[kelly.young · Accepted solution]

Hello @erasarnova I see that you are visiting as a new member to the Inventor Forum.
Welcome to the Autodesk Community!

Are you familiar with using Derive? Instead of making an Adaptive assembly, you can have the parts reference each other explicitly using linked Surface Bodies and Parameters. Then you can use iLogic Design Copy or Vault Copy Design to make new duplicates of setups so you don't have to destroy the relationships and keep the model parametric.

If you really don't want the references after you make everything you can easily break the link of the derived setup from the model browser. 

Please select the Accept Solution button if a post solves your issue or answers your question.

[mcgyvr · Accepted solution]

This ilogic code "may" do what you need.. Try that..

https://www.cadlinecommunity.co.uk/hc/en-us/articles/203174581-Inventor-2016-iLogic-Remove-all-Adapt...

[Frederick_Law]

Turn off adaptive.

[Anonymous]

Avoid using adaptive geometry across assembly parts if you can, there are better ways as mentioned. Derive and linked parameters.