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NX : Easy way to find Circular component reference

NX : Easy way to find Circular component reference

NX : Easy way to find Circular component reference

(OP)
Hi All,

Any ideas on easy way to find circular component reference? NX8.5.3 , Log file says there is a circular component reference, but Iam unable to find even after trying to expand all..

Please help.

RE: NX : Easy way to find Circular component reference

Is this a legacy file (pre-NX 7.5) where the Assembly was constrained using the old Mating Conditions and not Assembly Constraints? I ask because the issue of circular references when using Assembly Constraints is something that one should never really see anymore, or at least not like you would see them when NX used Mating Conditions to constrain the Components of an Assembly.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: NX : Easy way to find Circular component reference

(OP)
Hi John,

This assembly does not use Assembly constrains...

RE: NX : Easy way to find Circular component reference

Are you saying that it was constrained using 'Mating Conditions'? Or are you saying that there are no constraints whatsoever? If so, what exactly is it that NX was doing that indicated that there was a "circular component reference" and what are the issues that this is causing?

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: NX : Easy way to find Circular component reference

Once upon a time I had a coworker who created a circular reference error by adding a part as a component to the part itself (or something similar to that). This would lead to a "circular reference" error whenever you tried to open the main assembly that used that particular part as a component.

To find the part that was causing trouble, we opened the main assembly with the option "load structure only" (no components), then loaded the components one by one until the error occurred.

Seems that is not the only way to trigger such an error, others have had issues with the parts list:
thread561-280056: Circular Reference Error

www.nxjournaling.com

RE: NX : Easy way to find Circular component reference

It is also fully possible to create circular reference with wave links.
NX will produce "messages" very soon after the link has been created, but then it's there.
Analyse your wave links !


Regards,
Tomas

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