Turn imate into regular constraint

[benjamin.herinckx]

Is there a piece of ilogic (or VBA) that turns existing imates into regular assembly constraints ?

I have setup imates to capture the assembly logic of my components.

But I need to be able to update the offset value on these imates to customize my assemblies.

Imates will let you edit the offset values from the parameter menu but will reset to its initial value every time you hit "rebuild all".

My thought process is :

1 - setup the imates

2 - assemble the parts with imates (which helps gain on assembly time)

3 - run some code to turn the imates into regular constraints

4 - edit the constraints

Anyone has a similar idea ?

[bradeneuropeArthur]

You could also use a parameter true or false and let the rule decide if it runs or not!

For example:

• ParRunRule= true the rule runs yes.
• ParRunRule= false the rule runs No.

Regards

[benjamin.herinckx]

I am not following you.

The "rebuild all" is not a rule its a built-in function that one uses quite often for varying reasons.

The point is when you edit the imate parameters from the menu it is not reliable because it will reset to its initial value eventually..