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Solidworks 2017 Broke my Cable Chain Assemblies

Question asked by Alex Doran on Dec 5, 2016
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Hi all,

I have a 3D Printer assembly, i built it in SW 2016, it has 2 Cable Chain Drags, which are setup as cable chain patterns and should move when i drag the Axis of the printer, it took a while to get them working smoothly but i had it working nicely in 2016, since 2017 rolled out i havn't been able to get them working correctly again. Short of rebuilding the assembly from scratch i am at a bit of a loss as what to try next, i have deleted the Cable Drags and re inserted and mated them, but they simply wont budge when i try to move them. Is there a definitive way to tell if there are any problem mates causing erratic behaviour? SW seems to be locking up and crashing nearly everytime i attempt to remedy this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Alex

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John Stoltzfus Dec 5, 2016 11:24 AM

Pictures or files would be a big help - one thing is expand your mates and see if there are ? marks - check them out first...

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Alex Doran @ John Stoltzfus on Dec 5, 2016 11:41 AM

Hi, thanks for your reply, im not at liberty to dish the files out im afraid, but i do have some screenshots (not sure if they are any help or not).

I built the cable drags following a youtube video, where you mate one end of the chain to the assembly origin, the other end is contained in another assembly, then they are mated together in the Main Printer assembly. Like i say this setup used to work great in #2016, but ever since i loaded up the assembly in 2017, it gave me a lots of rebuild errors on alot of the mates in the assembly, i worked through and remedied these until i had no rebuild errors, but since then the cable drags have not worked.

Rather annoying really considering the amount of hours it took to set them up in the first place and now even more spent trying to resolve this just because of a software update. Im only trying to re position the axis to run some renders out of Visualize.

Thanks

Alex

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John Stoltzfus @ Alex Doran on Dec 5, 2016 12:11 PM

Check your options - see the properties to see if the assembly is rigid or flexible, check all your tools/options on the assembly side, I've seen things like this change from one version to the next...

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Alex Doran @ John Stoltzfus on Dec 7, 2016 3:45 AM

Hi John,

Thanks again for the reply, I have tried all of the above but still no joy, i guess i will have to delete all the sub-assemblies associated with the cable drags and insert & re-mate them.

Thanks

Alex

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John Stoltzfus Dec 5, 2016 11:24 AM
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Pictures or files would be a big help - one thing is expand your mates and see if there are ? marks - check them out first...
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- Alex Doran @ John Stoltzfus on Dec 5, 2016 11:41 AM
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  Hi, thanks for your reply, im not at liberty to dish the files out im afraid, but i do have some screenshots (not sure if they are any help or not).
  
  I built the cable drags following a youtube video, where you mate one end of the chain to the assembly origin, the other end is contained in another assembly, then they are mated together in the Main Printer assembly. Like i say this setup used to work great in #2016, but ever since i loaded up the assembly in 2017, it gave me a lots of rebuild errors on alot of the mates in the assembly, i worked through and remedied these until i had no rebuild errors, but since then the cable drags have not worked.
  
  Rather annoying really considering the amount of hours it took to set them up in the first place and now even more spent trying to resolve this just because of a software update. Im only trying to re position the axis to run some renders out of Visualize.
  
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  Alex
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  - John Stoltzfus @ Alex Doran on Dec 5, 2016 12:11 PM
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    Check your options - see the properties to see if the assembly is rigid or flexible, check all your tools/options on the assembly side, I've seen things like this change from one version to the next...
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    - Alex Doran @ John Stoltzfus on Dec 7, 2016 3:45 AM
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      Hi John,
      
      Thanks again for the reply, I have tried all of the above but still no joy, i guess i will have to delete all the sub-assemblies associated with the cable drags and insert & re-mate them.
      
      Thanks
      
      Alex
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