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Re: paper: GUS Team 228 - 2009 FRC Robot "Gus 11" CAD Assembly

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Originally Posted by artdutra04 View Post
In Solidworks, you can right click on a sub assembly, go to Properties, then in the Properties window set the assembly from Rigid to Flexible. Sub assemblies are Rigid by default, but selecting Flexible allows them to move however the mates in the sub assembly were set up.
For those that use inventor, you can also make assemblies flexible and allow you to move the sub assemblies. However it is a big drain on computer resources, pick and choose what you want to make flexible wisely.
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