Hello, my main assembly is getting complex. I am a bit confused about constraints of a sub-assembly by itself and what happens after it is integrated into another assembly. I seem to get inconsistent results and got things messed up.
Let's consider the following:
Assembly1 (A1) has three components a, b, c
Assembly2 (A2) has five components d, e, f, g, h
In A1, a is connected to b and b is connected to c. a is not connected directly to c.
If I import Assembly1 as sub-assembly to the more complex Assembly2.
1) What happens if I delete the connection between a and b inside Assembly2 and save? Is the connection between a and b supposed to be broken automatically in file Assembly1?
2) What happens if I add a direct connection between a and c inside Assembly2? Will a connection between the two be added automatically in file Assembly1?
3) What happens if inside Assembly2 I highlight Assembly1 and open it. Then, add/delete connections and save. Are these added/deleted connections supposed to be updated automatically in Assembly2?
Thank you.
1) Yes, because the mate is in A1, not in A2, so it will remove it from A1 when you delete it.
2) No. And you can't add a mate between a and c inside Assembly2 unless Assembly1 is flexible (as opposed to rigid - set this in the component properties window).
3) Yes, but it the parts will not move around in Assembly2 unless you have Assembly1 as flexible.