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Is there a way to create to create a "copy" of a part and preserve the assembly context?
eric_pesty
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I've got an in-context part studio (bunch of wires) in an assembly that has different sizes as configurations…
I want to have different "flavours" of that in-context part for each assembly configuration. I can't "configure" the configuration of the context but that isn't possible (yet…). I'm okay with creating a copy of the part studio for the different configs but can't seem to find a way to generate a copy of the part studio while maintaining the context reference…
Anyone know a trick?
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Hmmm. This is definitely a good reminder of why I like derive better than in-context for most things. Of course there are many situations (motion, or the shear number of different part studios that would need to be derived) where in-context is the way to go.
Yeah I'm looking at a way to "fake" it, using a transform pattern in the PS instead… It's a little bit more setup but I think I can make it work!
I also noticed in the process that parting out a PS breaks the context, which is a pretty serious limitation that I wasn't aware off…
I wasn't expecting it as contexts do work across documents. I have a ticket asking for clarification on whether it's supposed to do that!