SolidWorks Flexible Sub-Assembly

When I used to design automated machinery, I would use configurations to show my machine in various stages of the cycle. This worked great for providing drawing views of my assemblies, but didn't work so great for detecting interferences between moving components along the path of motion. For instance, if I had a pick and place robot (picks a part up from point A, then moves to point B) that crashed somewhere in the middle of its path of motion, I wouldn't know until it was too late (sorry about that, Chief). Thankfully, there's a way to drag my parts and sub-assemblies through their full path of motion without the need to dissolve all my subassemblies.

[@Jaguarlul]

10 years later and you are saving me! Thank you so much!! :)

[@BobbyWatts]

MIND BLOWN! Have been using Solidworks for 10 years now and just found this video. Where has this been all my life??? Wow, thank you thank you!

[@snorfallupagus6014]

Everyone should just skip ahead to 2:45 where he actually starts to talk about flexible subassemblies.

[@bekiryufka]

short, direct to the point thanks a lot man!

[@paulscherz22]

helped me out at my job man thanks. i was 10 when you uploaded this video btw 🤣

[@tponce]

Great video. Thanks! Helped me when I was trying to learn about flexible sub-assemblies.

[@fazlerabbi2666]

thanks!i've been looking for this the whole day!!

[@lennyplank966]

Thanks so much, exactly what i was looking for.

[@igorardal2764]

Super like for you ! Especially for CTRL + TAB. So long searching for that.

[@chchris25]

Most useful tips!

[@zip7806]

Thank You. This Problem has been Plaguing me for years.

[@as_arjun_singh]

thanx a lot man I was really looking for this.....

[@idhamokeneoke]

big thanks bro ive been looking for this since 2 days ago

[@ScottFroebrt]

Excellent!! So easy to solve my problem thank you for your help.

[@tugceyigiter9394]

Lots of thanks for solving my problem :D

[@patriciocohen8081]

Great explanation, thank you!

[@jesseshipe6074]

Excellent. Very helpful. Thanks!

[@ljubisajovic8425]

Great job!!!

[@kandasamyrajan]

Thank you for the explanation.

[@mageshkumar6594]

Excellent key. Thank you so much

[@zaluking]

thank you you solve my headache

[@mvk7542]

Great that people will help other people, thanks

[@kattymacias3895]

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[@nagasairahulgarneni1672]

Thank you. It's very helpful.

[@bhalchandrakhot6966]

Thank You for your help sir😊😊

[@siddharthg8801]

Thank You very much for the video

[@miguelguerrero7086]

Awesome!! Thank you so much

[@zoolander0700]

Thanks a lot this was super helpful!
PS it looks like a robot trying to get a hug

[@anamstory5064]

thanks bro, this is helpfully

[@abdullahtata4508]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@eloymartin8970]

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[@SUNNYSUNNY-hr6bc]

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[@miguelrojas5768]

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[@brinsigr1217]

Thanks a ton, saved me.

[@trantheduy8102]

Thank You! that good.

[@TheAryedemented]

Thank You!

[@Sachin1197]

thank you so much

[@EstevanMurai]

THANK YOU!!

[@renzzanity]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I was real close to breaking the fck down because I can't move my subassemblies

[@muhammadfaizfauzanadzima223]

Thank u so much!

[@TriMechVTTs]

You're welcome!

Thank you! :)
edit: May I ask, what if the radio button in the Component Properties window is grayed out? Both the Rigid and the Flexible option.

[@elvisnyong]

I have the same issue

[@danielkolchev2025]

Thanks a lot!!!

[@akshatanand808]

Thank you!!

[@shortsbyaditya7840]

Thank you sir

[@mayur6956]

Thankyou so much

[@victorajay2982]

Nice one ^^

[@michaelkaram9746]

thanks man!

[@sylvesterstammis845]

You`re the best

[@victorajay2982]

Thanks alot ^^

[@illidanstormrage1205]

thanks

[@mostirreverent]

Please slow up the area where you switch between the top level and the subassembly. I cant tell if it is in the assembly, or if you have the subassembly open as a separate assembly file.
Could you just take your top assembly, and make a configuration that had moving grippers using float and then the limit angle mate???

[@abdolovecar]

Thanks :)

[@johnywesco4143]

I can't able to use realistic graphics view. I really need it to make good presentation. I have AMD graphics card HD 8000 or something. I tried many ways (watching RUclips ) but still I can't use photorealistic view. Help me

[@martijnborst4784]

Thanksss!

[@adolfwilhelm4141]

hello i a trying to do a similar type of mate except my parts move around the same axis and the one is slightly bigger. is it possible to do what you did

[@Hello_there_obi]

what was the first angle entry for? The one that was 30 which you then changed to 31 just before hitting ok?

[@user-ue9ru1hh9o]

Hi! great video, but because of some reason, the the option of marking "flexible" is locked on rigid and there is nothing i can do to change it ( it like written in grey like you can not press it) how can i solve this problem ? thank you very much

[@TerraNovaR1]

I had the same issue, and the problem was that my sub-assembly was under defined, some nuts and bolts could spin so I just mated their planes to the assembly planes and I was able to.

[@siengineer]

nice
😉😉

[@nedd04]

hello. I need some help. I need to mate a hydraulic cylinder with a body. I have mated one side of the hydraulic cylinder, which is the normal way but the other way i cannot mate. it is saying that it is over-defined when i am mating. how to do that?

[@nedd04]

thanks. i got it.

[@danilyegorov5721]

Thank you!