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associative lines and arrangements

associative lines and arrangements

associative lines and arrangements

(OP)
I want to be able to draw an associative line between two parts in an assembly and when the parts move through-out the arrangements the associative line updates accordingly. I tried to wave link points in the parts but it seems that the linked points and the associative line are only associative in the arrangement they are created in. Any suggestions?

 

Bob Snead
Designer
Northropgrumman.com

RE: associative lines and arrangements

Can you link the two bodies and have associative checked, then create the line off of the linked bodies?

RE: associative lines and arrangements

What will this line be used for? What is the end goal? Perhaps there is another way to get what you want.

RE: associative lines and arrangements

(OP)
I have tried waving in bodies with the same result. I am working on a wench cable system that moves an assembly using 4 wenches which lowers the assembly up and down along z axis and left and right along y axis. I want to create arrangements of the movement and have the associative lines which are the wench cables follow the assembly. I don't want to have a seperate curve for each position. I also tried routing connectors which did not work. If I move the assembly within the current arrangement the associative line works as it should but when you move the assembly from one arrangement to the other, the associtive line does not work, it stays where it was in the arrangement it was created in.

Bob Snead
Designer
Northropgrumman.com

RE: associative lines and arrangements

This is not as convenient as doing it with Arrangements, but try 'moving' the Components in your Assembly by editing the Assembly Constraints.  For example, if you have a component that is in 3 different locations, you could either create one 'Distance' Constraint and just edit the value of the Expression assigned to this Constraint to move the Component.  Or you could assign three different Constraints on the same part defining three different locations and then just suppress all the redundant constraints except for the one that you want.  I think you will find that when you take Arrangements out of the equation, that you will get the behavior that you're looking for.

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RE: associative lines and arrangements

surely this isn't politically correct, please replace "wench" with "female" or "lady"  !!

RE: associative lines and arrangements

(OP)
lol, You got me there moog..a slip of the finger created quite a foursome. I am lost without spell check I must admit..

 

Bob Snead
Designer
Northropgrumman.com

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