NX9 - Saving assembly in one file for reuse library

[SvenVoeten]

Hi Everyone,

I've got an assembly of a machining vice that I want in my reuse library. I added some constraints with expressions so I can use an excel spreadsheet to change some parameters.
Is there a way to save the assembly file in one file so that I doesn't need the part files and still can change the constraints with parameters? So that I only have one file of the vice in the reuse library.

I've searched for an solution but didn't find anything, I found a few topics that were relevant but I didn't get what i wanted.

Greetings Sven.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Assembly Constraints, by definition, can only be applied to a Component in an Assembly.

That being said, there is a way of creating a single Part file that would LOOK and BEHAVE like an Assembly only it would consist of individual Solid bodies instead of Components. You can then use something like 'Move Object' or even Synchronous Modeling functions like the so-called 'Relate' class of items, like 'Make Parallel', 'Make Tangent', 'Make Perpendicular' or the dimensioning operators like 'Linear Dimension', 'Angular Dimension' and 'Radial Dimension'. These last three items, as well as some others, result in the creation of Expressions which can be used to drive the model, similar to how you would use expressions to drive Assembly Constraints.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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[SvenVoeten]

I've got it to work.
Thank you for the fast response.