Assembly arrangements and subassemblies

[cowski]

I have multiple parts in an assembly that I want to move to a different arrangement which includes 1 component of a subassembly (not the entire subassembly). When I try to move the component in the subassembly, the entire subassembly moves. I have tried various options such as making all the component of the subassembly (as well as the subassembly itself) 'individually positioned', and various options in the move component dialog but to no avail - the entire subassembly moves along with the component. This is understandable, I suppose the subassembly controls its component's position. Is there a way to override this behavior? Do I have to have a separate arrangement in the subassembly? If so, is there a way to link the subassembly's arrangement to the main assembly's arrangement?

 

[hudson888]

You're almost there I think. If you need an arrangement at the top assembly level that reflects a repositioning of components at the subassembly level then the more robust of methods that I'm aware of is to have arrangements at both levels. So there are at least two arrangements at the sub assembly level to reflect repositioned components. Then at the top assembly level you make two corresponding arrangements which once set up will retain a memory of which arrangement of the subassembly that they reference.

That may not be the only way to achieve the desired result, but notwithstanding assembly constraints and linked expressions it hopes to describe how arrangements work.

Best Regards

Hudson

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[cowski]

That did the trick, thanks hudson.