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Option to "Copy Position" for components in an exploded view

Option to "Copy Position" for components in an exploded view

If you have an assembly that also has an exploded view (.ipn) associated with it, and you decide to add a component to it as a design change some time down the road, it is very time consuming to add that component to a series of existing tweaks in the Exploded View environment. For example, a component is originally bolted in an assembly using 2 bolts. Some time down the road, a third set of bolt+nut+washer is added to the assembly. In the exploded view, you would want the third fastener set to be part of the same series of tweaks as the first two. The first two sets of fasteners could be tweaked 5+ times (pull the nut off, pull the bolt out, pull bolt and washer away from surface, move bolt, washer, and bolted part up and to the side, etc.) In order to match the the third fastener set to the first two, every one of those tweaks have to be edited individually to add the components. This is very inefficient and time consuming. Pro/E has a "Copy Position" option where the user selects a component that has already been tweaked, clicks "Copy Position", and then selects the new component. This gives the new component the same series of tweaks. PLEASE add this functionality.

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josgie
Explorer

Same idea as 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/copy-and-paste-tweaks-in-ipn-files/idi-p/5377417

 

Ability to set view reps at the snapshot level would be nice. Currently its at the scene level, and you need a new .ipn for every view rep. 

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