Setting the position of components in a flexible subassembly

[maarten_joosten]

Hello,

I am placing multiple components using a C# addin, but one of them is flexible and not of the correct length, see below. How can I set the flexible component to the position I want?

I've tried moving the component directly, but this does not change the position, see example below. I've also tried modifying the model parameter of the MateConstraint, but that throw an exception with E_FAIL.

Beam beam = Selected.Beams.First();
ComponentOccurrence component = Components.Get(beam);

component.Flexible = true;

ComponentOccurrence[] clamps = component.SubOccurrences.Cast<ComponentOccurrence>().Where(c => c.Name.StartsWith("02-008")).ToArray();

Vector translation = Context.Application.TransientGeometry.CreateVector(946.2437, 0, 8.12);

clamps[1].Transformation.SetTranslation(translation);

 

Beam beam = Selected.Beams.First();
ComponentOccurrence component = Components.Get(beam);

double length = beam.Length * 100;

component.Flexible = true;

ComponentOccurrence[] clamps = component.SubOccurrences.Cast<ComponentOccurrence>().Where(c => c.Name.StartsWith("02-008")).ToArray();
MateConstraint[] mates = clamps.SelectMany(c => c.Constraints.OfType<MateConstraint>().Where(mate => mate.ConstraintLimits.MinimumEnabled && mate.ConstraintLimits.MaximumEnabled)).ToArray();

foreach (MateConstraint mate in mates) {
	mate.Offset.Value = length;
}

Thanks in advance

[Frederick_Law]

You need to set the subassembly as Flexible in the assembly.

[maarten_joosten]

clamps[1].Flexible = true;

Setting either the clamps or the middle part as flexible throw with E_FAIL. On top of that, moving the component manually doesn't need setting the subassemblies to flexible, only the main one.

[maarten_joosten · Accepted solution]

Update: a colleague of mine suggested adding an constraint on the clamp, which works.