Two levels of flexible subassemblies?

[G2daG]

I have an assembly with three levels, SW 2008. On the second level I have a box with hinges, which I want to be able to open and close from the top level. I made the hinges in the box assembly flexible, which lets me open and close the box just fine. But on the top level, I made the box assembly flexible, but it won't open unless I suppress all but one hinge. There hinges in a linear component pattern.

Is there a way to make it work? Thanks in advance!

 

[Eltron]

I would dissolve the subassembly, and control it on the top level.

Dan

http://www.eltronresearch.com

Dan's Blog

 

[G2daG]

Well yes that would work BUT we get the box from a 3rd party so I don't want to dissolve the subassembly.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

There was a recent thread (here or at the SW forums) with a similar problem. It seems using a pattern for the hinge prevented proper functioning. I believe the workaround was to add the other hinges as separate instances.

 

[G2daG]

Oh ok. I did some searches but managed to miss that one. I'll try that, Thanks

 

[ShaggyPE]

Another thing to consider. Do you absolutely need it to be flexible? Would an opened and closed configuration do the trick? It would be much less of a resource hog with configurations vs. flexible.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks

 

[G2daG]

Good point Dustin. I really only needed it to be flexible to check clearances to a couple of components, but once I did that there's no reason it has to remain flexible. I have noticed it slows everything down so I'll probably end up using configurations as you said.