Drag Patterns To Assemblies?

[tlehnhaeuser]

Odd, I never needed his before, but when I try to drag a pattern to an assembly it doesn;t work.

 

If I make an assembly of the pattern then drag to other assembly then dis-assemble it it works.

 

Has this always been like this or a bug in V9?

 

thanks

Tom

 

[Guest IronKevin]

That has always been a limitation.

 

IK

[Guest EricFoy]

Yes, it is consistent with the requirement to pre-assemble linked instances of parts before adding them to another assembly, since a pattern is simply a predescribed layout of several linked instances of a part.

[B. Ludin]

Yes, it is consistent with the requirement to pre-assemble linked instances of parts before adding them to another assembly, since a pattern is simply a predescribed layout of several linked instances of a part.

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Not really, because they are alreay assembled (in the pattern). The need to pre-assemble linked instances is a simple consequence of the limitation that IC does not allow to move multiple selections. A pattern, however, can be selected and moved as a single unit.

 

Beat

 

[Guest EricFoy]

Not really, because they are alreay assembled (in the pattern).

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You got me, there!

 

...The need to pre-assemble linked instances is a simple consequence of the limitation that IC does not allow to move multiple selections.

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Perhaps, but in light of the current discussion, I suspect it's actually the consequence of something deeper.