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Stalling while adding relationships in assembly with adjustable parts

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NZMark

Mechanical
Nov 1, 2008
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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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