IC 5.0 SP2 Saving out Assemblies.

[Joel Parrish]

 

Just curious if anyone has experienced parts changing their postion after saving out an assembly???

 

This is the first whole machine that we have designed using IC 5.0 SP2.

 

I have a model of about 300 parts divided into 6 assemblies. I saved out each of the assemblies into their own directory, as I always have done. Of those 6 assemblies atleast 1 part in 2 of the assemblies changed it's position.

 

#1 - I find this disturbing.

#2 - I now do not trust the location of any of my parts.

 

Has anyone else had any expereinces like this?

 

Thanks,

 

 

[jloach]

Haven't had that problem since version 3 or perhaps the early version 4. I have thousands of externally linked files in our large assemblies, often nested three or four deep.

 

I keep all of the files, though, in a single directory. The earlier versions of IronCad weren't friendly about changing directories on-the-fly, so I just got into the lazy habit of having one huge folder.

 

Maybe try keeping everything in one folder?

 

 

[Guest mrehnelt]

Yes, absolutely! My colleague has had this happen steadily for a year and a half now, and with me a few memorable times, in versions 3.2-4.2. His words: "how do I know ANYTHINGS right now?". I was hoping that it would have been addressed in 5.0 (we haven't loaded it yet) as part of the stability enhancements but apparently not. Have sent a file to tech support via AA provider to Cary O some time ago. Will 5.2 address this?

 

-Mike

[Joel Parrish]

I've been investigating this oddity, and I think that it comes from using configurations.

 

With this model, I have a process that is a walking beam type application. It has 4 basic positions. So in design I have 4 configurations plus a couple more (home, move1, move2, ect). I have the configuratiosn set so I can easily switch and check interferences, ect.

 

I had been working in the home config (not default) for sometime. And was actually in the home configuration when I had exported my assemblies. Well, from observation, when one saves out an assembly it saves it out in the default configuration, not the current configuration. This makes sense to me.

 

I rarely use configurations, so I hadn't really run into this problem. Thinking back on it, I have seen this before with another model that I used configurations.

 

So FYI, if you are using configurations, use default as your "default" (ie home). And be in the default config when you export your parts & assemblies. And there shouldn't be any surprises like parts mysteriously changing position & orientation.

 

 

 

Joel Parrish

www.pai-design.com