Is there a better way to Assemble this project.

paul_bartlett

I was able to get it done but it was a struggle to assemble all the sub assemblies. Issues are as follows.
1: Every time I bring in a sub-assembly to another assembly I have to group everything again and again. Why do I bother using sub-assemblies with this project, group instead. or is there a better way?
2: When I rotate a group in the assembly to position it for adding the mate it moves jerky and slow and keeps moving everywhere my mouse has been long after I stop. How can I avoid this?
3: Can anyone see a better way to build this so the assembly process is not so Clunky? I realize this is not like a lot of mechanical assemblies where all the constraints are probably needed. 

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/1de715a8aabd10c2d1e51fd8/w/a9ba4add09461edd637338b4/e/f5699b60c3565f178f9471ed

NeilCooke

@paul_bartlett - I recreated the large half assembly with 20 features. Inserting a Part Studio into an assembly does not make a "subassembly" - you must first create a subassembly and group all the parts together, then insert that assembly into a higher level assembly. Make use of Mate Connectors,  Origins and Patterns.

Here it is, please digest and I'll leave the rest for you to complete: 
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6e40e3795d10250b8884abfb/w/60e2142025cd5a4589e8b60f/e/bd78f773f1a9d2c44b5cf8fd

Mehul_Gala

Question: did you abandon sub-assemblies created from parts studios 'Large double' and 'Small double' when creating sub-assemblies 'Small Half' and 'large 90 deg'?

NeilCooke

@paul_bartlett - I recreated the large half assembly with 20 features. Inserting a Part Studio into an assembly does not make a "subassembly" - you must first create a subassembly and group all the parts together, then insert that assembly into a higher level assembly. Make use of Mate Connectors,  Origins and Patterns.

Here it is, please digest and I'll leave the rest for you to complete: 
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6e40e3795d10250b8884abfb/w/60e2142025cd5a4589e8b60f/e/bd78f773f1a9d2c44b5cf8fd

Mehul_Gala

@paul_bartlett, I created the small assembly with subassemblies. I also found mate connectors (ctrl+m) to be quite useful. Hope this helps.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/02742339f65a3e93eceee95b/w/a680a7e8390a431e9807d21c/e/78561b1028b00e920fa0e4cc

paul_bartlett

Thank You Neil,
This is exactly what I was looking for. I studied and understand it now.