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Fixing a component or sub-assembly in a level 2 or higher subassembly

Fixing a component or sub-assembly in a level 2 or higher subassembly

Fixing a component or sub-assembly in a level 2 or higher subassembly

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Hello all,

I'm making an animation of an assembly that is composed of several sub-assemblies in SW2009. In one of the sub-assemblies, I am trying to move some of its constituent parts and sub-assemblies so that I can make the animation. I have set the sub-assembly to be flexible and I can move the parts around. However, when I do this, more than one part changes location and it makes it hard to orient the assembly as I want. Ideally, I would like to be able to fix some of the parts and sub-assemblies to make it easier for me to move the rest. Unfortunately, it seems that I can only fix top level parts in an assembly. Is there any way to get around this?

Thanks

--Amr

RE: Fixing a component or sub-assembly in a level 2 or higher subassembly

Edit the sub assembly and give some extra mate or use fix option to make those parts fixed.

Deepak Gupta
SW2009 SP4.1
SW2007 SP5.0
MathCAD 14.0

RE: Fixing a component or sub-assembly in a level 2 or higher subassembly

You should also make use of configurations to help in the movement.

Dan

www.eltronresearch.com
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