Move only upper level component
Move only upper level component
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Hello, I wasn't able to find an answer to my question, so I hope it hasn't been asked before. I have an assembly and I want to reposition the sub assemblies with the move command, however, in these assemblies I have one part that is fixed and the rest of the parts are constraint to the fixed part. In the upper level assembly when I try to move the sub assembly it tells me that the component is fixed, and asks if I want to move it anyway. When I click yes, lots of other constraints blow up that are using the same sub assembly. It is a locking feature for a pin, and is used about 20 other times in the upper level assembly. It almost seems like when I move the sub assembly, it isn't actually moving the sub assembly container, but the parts inside of the sub assembly. Is there anyway to only move the sub assembly container in the upper level assembly? I hope that is clear enough.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.





RE: Move only upper level component
RE: Move only upper level component
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Use Quick Pick and select the sub-assy in the list.
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MN
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RE: Move only upper level component
RE: Move only upper level component
If you mean that the constraints in the subassembly are getting errors when you try to move the subassembly within the main assembly; that should not be happening - are you sure the main assembly is set as your work part when you attempt the move operation? Be sure to use 'move component' and not 'move object', and make sure you are in the assemblies application.
RE: Move only upper level component
I tried multiple Assemblies, each with Sub-Assemblies at the top-level where inside the Sub-Assembly there was at least one 'Fixed' Component, and at that top-level, I had no problem moving the entire Sub-Assembly without any warnings or unexpected results.
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