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And in Assembly?
NateLiquidGravity
Alibre Super User
I don't understand why we can't select vertices in assemblies.
While in an assembly: Did you try clicking the icon showing a point at a vertex and then try clicking a vertex? Last I tried it didn't work.
From 2006: https://www.alibreforum.com/forum/i...when-working-within-assembly.3183/#post-17553
MilesH said:
Access to vertices when working within Assembly
For some reason, there is no access to vertices when working within an Assembly.
Choose the vertex selection filter icon and nothing happens (it's not grayed out, so why shouldn't I click it
You can inset a Point at a vertex, directly from within an Assembly, by selecting an edge and setting the value to 0 or 1.
bigseb
Alibre Super User
Yes it works. Enable 'show reference geometry'.
Not for me. And why would you need to enable 'Show Reference Geometry'?
bigseb
Alibre Super User
Because a datum point is reference geometry.
I think you may be missing the direction the thread took, Seb. We were talking about methods to insert a Point from directly within an Assembly. Not from within a Part being edited in an Assembly or a Part edited in a separate window. AFAIK, the only way to do that is to use Insert Point on Edge technique that I gave above. Who wants to open two separate Parts to Insert Points to take a measurement in Assembly space!! The real question is why the heck can't we get access to Vertices in Assembly?
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bigseb
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You joined in when we started talking about Assemblies, after my veiled reference to the lack of access to Vertices in Assembly:
Which Nate picked up on.
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bigseb
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I don't always read all the responses. I was merely replying to the OPs initial question.
Fair enough. But that's where the miscommunications start. You were still answering the original question directly and assuming that Nate and I were too. We'd moved on to taking measurements in Assembly which is limited by lack of access to Vertices. We pointed out that you cannot insert a Point to a Vertice in Assembly.
If you were making the suggestion here, to Insert Points in a Part/Parts and then view them in Assembly to take a Measurement. That's pretty inefficient. If you were suggesting adding a Point to a Vertex, actually in Assembly space, then the only way to do it is to insert one on an edge. That's why Nate and I contradicted you. Anyway, that's just my reading of it.......
If you were making the suggestion here, to Insert Points in a Part/Parts and then view them in Assembly to take a Measurement. That's pretty inefficient. If you were suggesting adding a Point to a Vertex, actually in Assembly space, then the only way to do it is to insert one on an edge. That's why Nate and I contradicted you. Anyway, that's just my reading of it.......
bigseb
Alibre Super User
It isn't efficient. But much in AD isn't.Fair enough. But that's where the miscommunications start. You were still answering the original question directly and assuming that Nate and I were too. We'd moved on to taking measurements in Assembly which is limited by lack of access to Vertices. We pointed out that you cannot insert a Point to a Vertice in Assembly.
If you were making the suggestion here, to Insert Points in a Part/Parts and then view them in Assembly to take a Measurement. That's pretty inefficient. If you were suggesting adding a Point to a Vertex, actually in Assembly space, then the only way to do it is to insert one on an edge. That's why Nate and I contradicted you. Anyway, that's just my reading of it.......