transfer command

[kthant]

hello

I have a big assembly and i want to use some of it's sub-assemblies to a new one without changing the structure of original one.
I thought i might use the transfer command from assembly environment. someone can give me some details about this command?

A good day everyone

 

[KENAT]

Um, wouldn't you just re-use the sub assemblies in the new assembly?

You could create your new assembly by copying the old one and making changes if they're similar enough.

Transfer actually moves the components of the assy you do it on to another assy as I recall, not what it sounds like you're trying to do.

KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...

 

[beachcomber]

No, don't use transfer otherwise you will lose the sub-assemblies in the original one.
Say you want to 'copy' sub-assemblies X,Y & Z from assembly A into assembly B.
Copy assembly A as assembly C, attach C to B and THEN use the transfer command. Finally delete assembly C from B and from the system.

bc.
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[kthant]

hello

thank you for your answers . so basically i find no real use for this command .

a happy day for everybody.

 

[beachcomber]

The command is very usefull, and will do exactly what you wanted - provided you use it the correct way.
In my post I should have said "THEN use the transfer command to move the parts from C to B".
It's real use is for re-structuring an assembly.
Remember that it does exactly what it's name says - it TRANSFERS ie. MOVES models from one assembly to another.
It does NOT copy.
Alternatively just copy your original assembly as Kenat suggested, and delete the unwanted parts.

bc.
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Quadro FX4600.

 

[KENAT]

Yeah, it's a really useful command, but it doesn't sound like it does what you're trying to do. Transfer & disperse are both useful for re-arranging assy structure as beach says.

Last year they saved me a bunch of hours when we had to completely re-structure several assemblies.

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[beachcomber]

One problem is that if you have a sub-assy that occurrs more than once in your main assy and you want to transfer parts out of the sub, the parts will be lost from all occurrences of the sub - so your total part count will be reduced (as SE tells you when you do it).
To get round this problem I've done copies of the subs called -1,-2 etc and substituted them for the original sub-assys. You can then transfer parts from each without affecting the overall part count.
The disperse command only moves parts from lower level to a higher level but I'm not sure if it affects all instances of a sub-assy if the sub-assy occurrs several times.
That's one to try out.

bc.
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[kthant]

Thank you .I was in error ,didn't read enough before asking you now all is clear . thanks a lot .

A good day everyone.