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Stalling while adding relationships in assembly with adjustable parts

Stalling while adding relationships in assembly with adjustable parts

Stalling while adding relationships in assembly with adjustable parts

(OP)
Dear All,

with some adjustable parts, I get nasty delays (30-60 seconds lock-up) when trying to apply a placement relationship in an assembly (V20).

The parts are single protusions with adjustable extrusion depth.
This seems to occur when the profile is not completely basic (maybe 60 nodes/curves in the profile).

When I switch the part to Rigid, the delays are essentially gone.

I have switched off all the "goodies" in the View options, switched the render quality to Fastest, and choose e.g. Planar Align (as opposed to FlashFit) - still stalls.

So then I tried adding a Simplified Model, but it appears that one cannot Place Adjustable when viewing the simplified model (at least in V20).

Does anyone have any suggestions/cures?
(besides making a separate simplified part - as I worry about being able to Replace later without losing the placement relationships.)

Many thanks, MT
 

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