Form new sub-assy here

Something I would like to have people watch for.

It seems that there may be a connection between RMB "Form new sub-assy here"
and crashing. I hadn't crashed at all today, I was throwing some parts into
an assy to figure out how to make something work, then when the big pieces
were in place, I did a RMB and "Form new sub-assy here." Shortly after that
I crashed. Coincidence? Maybe, but I kind of wonder. Just one of those
nagging feelings that won't go away.

WT

 

Hmmmm. You may be on to something. I did a 'Form new subassembly'
today, and within an hour or two CTD. Another symptom was that the
'Browse' button in the 'Replace Components' property manager page didn't
do anything.

Or course, I'm also working in an assembly with flexible subassemblies
that are mated to other flexible subassemblies. As flaky as flexibles
are, I would suspect them nefore anything else. I find it more than a
little annoying that taking an assembly with no mate errors and making
four subassemblies flexible causes the FM to light up like a Christmas
tree. And, yes, I'm aware of the fact that you need separate configs
for each flexible instance, so that's not the problem.

Also, limit mates are completely ignored when they are part of a
flexible subassembly. Well, not completely ignored I guess. There is a
slight 'hitch' in the dynamic motion at the point the limit mate should
stop, but then it continues on past the limit.

Jim S.

 

Try working for a long time on an assembly and when you get to the drawing,
have SW go POOF a couple of clicks after you place Stacked Balloons.

Did it in SW2004 sp2.1 and sp1.0.