Differents products assembly with same parts

[tazman19]

I would like to be able to have different configurations of the same parts to be able to compare weight distribution and center of gravity.
The problem is, If I put all my parts in a product and then save it as a different product, the links are all still there so when I move parts in the new product, they move in the first one also.
I tried to do different scenes in a products so once I would have place my parts correctly, I would apply the scene to the assembly and then calculate the center of gravity. BUT working whithout constraints is a real mess.

Thank you for your answers

 

[DBezaire]

You answered your own question. You should work with part constraints within the product. Publish constraint geometry then build it this way.

Product A
Product B
Part A
Part B
Part C

Constrain the items.
Copy/Paste Special --> Break link Product B

This will result in Product C
Part A
Part B
Part C
modify constraints or change parts, add parts,...

Instance copies will be your friend.

Regards,
Derek


Win XP64
R20/21, 3DVIA Composer 2012, ST R20
Dell T7400 16GB Ram
Quadro FX 4800 - 1.5GB

 

[ferdo]

Hi,

This can be done in different ways, Derek suggestions is good.

Another way is to use New From option. Take a look here , probably you will understand more. When you are using New From , I believe you can rename also everything.

Then just load your main products versions in a single one to compare them.

Regards
Fernando

https://picasaweb.google.com/102257836106335725208

 

[tazman19]

Thank you, this was very usefull.