Morning all,
I'm hoping for some help (... posted this same question on the prouser.org forum but haven't found a solution yet)
I
have an assembly that includes several mechanism joints. I created a
snapshot of the assembly in a particular configuration and then, via the
View Manager > Explode tab, made the snapshot "active" and
modified the positions of various components (including adding offset
lines) to create an exploded view. I was able to successfully show
this exploded view on a drawing by selecting the snapshot under the
View States tab.
The problem I'm having is this... after
completing the above, I needed to modify the assembly slightly by
adding some components and restructuring a sub-assembly. Now, the added/restructured
components are messed-up in both the snapshot and exploded view. It won't let me reposition the components correctly in the exploded view, and "updating" the snapshot basically resets the exploded view (i.e. all the repositioning and offset lines are lost).
I'm relatively new to using mechanism
constraints, so perhaps I'm doing something wrong with respect to
creating exploded views. Assuming the process above is correct, is
there any way to update the snapshot and still retain the exploded view?
Many thanks in advance.
Ewan
I'm hoping for some help (... posted this same question on the prouser.org forum but haven't found a solution yet)
I
have an assembly that includes several mechanism joints. I created a
snapshot of the assembly in a particular configuration and then, via the
View Manager > Explode tab, made the snapshot "active" and
modified the positions of various components (including adding offset
lines) to create an exploded view. I was able to successfully show
this exploded view on a drawing by selecting the snapshot under the
View States tab.
The problem I'm having is this... after
completing the above, I needed to modify the assembly slightly by
adding some components and restructuring a sub-assembly. Now, the added/restructured
components are messed-up in both the snapshot and exploded view. It won't let me reposition the components correctly in the exploded view, and "updating" the snapshot basically resets the exploded view (i.e. all the repositioning and offset lines are lost).
I'm relatively new to using mechanism
constraints, so perhaps I'm doing something wrong with respect to
creating exploded views. Assuming the process above is correct, is
there any way to update the snapshot and still retain the exploded view?
Many thanks in advance.
Ewan