Yet another external references question.... 1

[chrisnewzealand]

I have tried searching for this and could find similar external references problem but not this one...

I have an assembly (Ass A) which has a skeleton part within it (Skeleton A). There are a bunch of other parts (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.....).

All the parts are defined within the context of Ass A to Skeleton A:

Ass A
--Skeleton A
----Part 1
----Part 2
----Part 3
----Part 4
----Part 5
----Part 6
----Part 7
----Part 8

I want to break Ass A into Ass B, Ass C, Ass D and Ass E.
Each Sub Ass will have the skeleton part within it.

This is what I want:

Ass A
--Ass B
----Skeleton A
------Part 1
------Part 2
--Ass C
----Skeleton A
------Part 3
------Part 4
--Ass D
----Skeleton A
------Part 5
------Part 6
--Ass E
----Skeleton A
------Part 7
------Part 8

So the parts will always relate to the skeleton part, just within another assembly. IS there an easy way to redirect the references?

Thanks in advance, Chris.

 

[EEnd]

You might try:
[ol][li]Perform a Save As of Ass A to Ass B.[/li]
[li]Open Ass B and Delete Parts 3-8.[/li]
[li]Perform a Save As of Ass A to Ass C.[/li]
[li]Open Ass C and Delete Parts 1-2 and 5-8[/li]
[li]Repeat for Ass D and Ass E[/li]
[li]Reassemble Ass A using Ass B-E[/li][/ol]

Eric

 

[TheTick]

With your top level assembly open, right-click a component in the feature tree and select "form new subassembly here". Any references that can be taken along for the ride will move at that time.

 

[chrisnewzealand]

EEnd, I did your method but used four pack and go's. It worked well.

Thank you so much of my time has been saved!!

TheTick, didnt get to try your method but thank you aswell.