Inventor - Copy constaint inside an assembly

Inventor - Copy constaint inside an assembly

MKE_Howard
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Inventor - Copy constaint inside an assembly

MKE_Howard
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Hi! I know there's already posts about this but they are old. I wanted to know if with inventor 2022 or 2023, we can copy constraints inside an assembly. I've read that it would just copy the part at the same place but sometimes I rather delete 1 constraint to move it than redo every constraint multiple times... So if anyone have an idea how to do this or a workaround that would be cool. Thanks!

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pcrawley
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Copy constraints "inside an assembly"?  I'm not sure I understand what you are asking for. 

I think there are two answers depending on the question.

 

  • If you copy & paste a subassembly, then the constraints "inside the assembly" are retained.
  • If you copy & paste "some components" (not a subassembly) - then the constraint(s) between the pasted parts are retained, but the constraints to components excluded from the copy/paste are not.

There were some updates to copy and paste in either 2021 or 22 or 23 (I can't remember) which retained the relative position of pasted components.  In previous releases, you could copy a bunch of components and they'd paste into a new assembly as a long line.

Peter
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MKE_Howard
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Sorry if im not clear, english it's not my primary language...
I want to copy and paste a part that is already in an assembly and the constraint betweens ex. 2 parts would remain. It's exacly like a pattern but I can move every part individualy.
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Frederick_Law
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Don't think so.

Don't know if iMate work for you.

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MKE_Howard
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I never tried ill look for it. If anyone have any other idea you can still write on this post. I check almost everyday... Thanks
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