Hello Thomas,
Here are answers to your questions:
1. Lets say you have attached part A to a solid. When you then attach
part B to the assembly of the solid and part A, part B will be attached
to the combination of those two. You have two options to attach part B:
you can attach to point or to face. When you attach to point you will
attach to a specific global coordinate which will not change when you
manipulate part A. When you attach to face, you can attach to a face of
part A, and when you then manipulate part A, part B will follow. So if
you want parts to follow other parts, you should use the to face option.
2. You should be able to manipulate any joints within a subassembly, so
you should be able to manipulate part X within part Y with the
manipulate joint command. Maybe you defined the joint of part X to be a
fixed joint? In that case you could clearly not manipulate it. If you
keep having problems, let me know.
Regards,
Martin Waardenburg
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> Hello,
> since I could not find any information in the Modeler documentation, here
> are two questions about some part- and joint-hierarchy:
> 1. Am I right, that I can attach a part (let's call it Part B) to a solid,
> but not to a part, that is already attached to a solid (Part A).
> The difference is, that if I then move Part A along its joint Part B does
> not move, which I interprete as Part B being attached to the solid Part A
> is attached to and not to Part A.
> 2. If I attach a part (Part X) to a solid and then make a new part out of
> this solid (Part Y), I can not move Part X after I have attached Part Y to
> another solid. Is this true?
> Thanky for answers in advance,
> Regards
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