Re: Moving fully constrained components

That's why I suggested adding another config.
You can suppress parts constraints etc.. but still keep your original
intact, then switch between the two configs for comparison.

You can make a folder, to move the suppressed constraints too, so that you
can find them again.

Also if you are only moving a few parts or a sub assembly, then do
everything that you want to do, suppress mates etc..
But do not save, (make sure automatic backup is set to zero or off), close
everything without saving, shut Solidworks, restart Solidworks, then when
you re-open the assembly, it will be back to how you first started.

Your last comment reminds me of "rubber banding", used in circuit board
layout design, wow!, that was a long time ago for me, lol
Now that would be a great enhancement!




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The easy way is to make another config, this allows the original
config to stay constrained, whilst you can suppress the constraints on
the other config as much as you like, then in the assembly above this,
you just change config to suit by RMB, properties on the sub-assembly.

In many cases, the situation is simple enough that the constraints can be
suppressed/unsuppressed without having to change configurations. To the
original question: there is no way to suspend mates other than
suppressing
them.

Thanks for the replies.
It's a pain to have to suppress mates, particularly if different ones are
active in different configs, as you have to remember which ones need to be
unsupressed again.

Maybe a useful enhancement would be an option on the Move command to
"over-ride mates". In I-DEAS, you could either disable constraints for a
config, or just drag a component to one side (or rotate it) and it
wouldn't snap back until you did an update.
I recall Pro/E working that way too.

Regards,
John H



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