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Suppressing component arrays in NX6 assemblies

Suppressing component arrays in NX6 assemblies

Suppressing component arrays in NX6 assemblies

(OP)
Hello,

I have created a ball bearing assembly with 6 balls. I want to control the number of retainers in an array between the balls with an expression as " NUMBER_RETAINER= NUMBER_BALLS/2"

I have suppressed the parent of the circular array with an expression.
 Now, Do i also need to suppress all the array menbers using the same expression?

If I change the number of balls, the array members are still displaying and only the parent is suppressed.

How do I fix this problem?

Thanks in advance

RE: Suppressing component arrays in NX6 assemblies

What version are you using?

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RE: Suppressing component arrays in NX6 assemblies

(OP)
I am using Nx6

RE: Suppressing component arrays in NX6 assemblies

I think I have an answer for you. In the component array you just need a boolean operation to control the number of instances. It could look like this:

if(Supress_Balls=1)(Number_Balls)else(1)

This way, if the master is suppressed, it changes the array count to 1 and gets rid of all of the other balls. I hope this helps. Good luck.

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