assembly constraints and promotions NX6

[jerry1423]

I am on NX6
I have an assembly that consists of some subassemblies and are mated together using "assembly constraints"
There is a component in a sub-assembly that I would like to use for an "assembly constraint", but I cannot select it . . . not any edge, face, or axis of it.
The only thing that I can think of, is that the part was promoted (and holes added), two levels up in the assembly tree, and that is somehow affecting the ability to apply an "assembly constraint" to it.

Can a component with a promoted body affect the ability to apply an "assembly constraint" later on down the assembly tree?

 

[JohnRBaker]

That shouldn't make any difference. But one thing to check, make sure that the component that you're attempting to Constrain is actually a soild (Model) Reference Set and not a faceted (Lightweight) Rerference Set.

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[jerry1423]

Thanks for the response.

There are no Lightweight reference sets.

It can be hard to decipher what someone else did, but it looks like in the sub-assembly file that involves the promotion of some bodies (a weldment) he also used "assembly cut", which may mess things up a bit.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Are you saying that NOTHING is selectable, not even the entire Component for something like a 'Fix' or 'Bond' constraint?

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

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