On Feb 1, 6:27=A0am, "Janes" <dja...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I found a new (to me, maybe to you, too) use for Model Player ~ fixing
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emblies. I created a new assembly from an existing one with 'Save a copy',
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eplaced some components, then notices, after a regen that the first
componen=
t was frozen. I did a search, using the Search tool for components with
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Status of 'frozen' and found a few hundred of them. The loss of assembly
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straints cascaded from the first frozen component (an ECAD ex****t of a
PWA).=
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> I tried several different methods of trying to facilitate unfreezing or
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en getting to the frozen components, including Insert mode. That gave me
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idea to try Model Player because it does the equivalent in a more dynamic
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ay. The interesting thing about MP is that it has this button called 'Fix
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del'. Pressing this throws you, tem****arily and interactively, into
Resolve =
mode where you can 'Redefine', 'Fix Model', etc.
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> The first great thing about this was that it cleared away all the later
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mponents so you could start from the beginning and regen or fix anything
'br=
oken'. The second great thing was that after you fixed the frozen
component,=
it resumed right where you left off. The third was that, unlike typical
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olve mode operation, it showed you the placed, frozen component so you
didn'=
t have to guess or figure out before hand what and where the component
was/l=
ived. The fourth was that it let you get inside groups/patterns to an
indivi=
dual component and redefine that without disturbing the pattern or group.
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en the lead component in a pattern was redefined, just pressing the
advance =
button got each of the patterned elements regen'd with every button press.
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got through the several hundred frozen components in a couple hours with
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nimal pain.
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> The only smarter way would have been to NOT use replace but to assemble
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e new components on top of the old, use the search to find everything that
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as a child of the mating surface and bulk Reroute the components to the
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surface.
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> David Janes
Thanks David for sharing that ...
I have started using MP lately. But FIX MODEL seems interesting. I
never gave attension although I had seen that.
I was using more like a tool instead using Insert mode bacause this
seems to be faster. But if you close the MP in between (not using
Finish), then all the remaining items would go to the suppressed mode
and thats sometimes may not be so good...
I have one qn also... Why did u say bulk reroute.. how would you do
it.?
Thanks
Joe
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