Make a harness assembly adaptive to iAssembly configurations

For each configuration in an iAssembly factory, you can decide which version of any harness assemblies are used, and whether a particular harness assembly must be unique. If it must be unique, use Make Adaptive on the harness assembly so it can respond to the given configuration. Autodesk Inventor then populates the interchangeability set .

The interchangeability set in the iComponent table is used to track which harness assembly is used in each configuration. A harness assembly can be reused in any number of configurations, but will only be adaptive and respond to changes for a single configuration.

If the harness assembly does not need to adapt to changes in the given configuration, place assembly constraints to position this nonadaptive harness assembly as a rigid body. In other words, you do not use Make Adaptive.

Note: Once the harness assembly is deleted from the iAssembly factory, you can place a secondary occurrence of a harness assembly and follow the reuse workflow to make it adaptive.

1. Activate an iAssembly that contains a configuration table with nonadaptive harness assembly members.
2. In the Model browser, expand Table, right-click the configuration and select Activate.

   The corresponding assembly design including cable and harness components is displayed.

3. Right-click the harness assembly and select Make Adaptive.
4. In the Make Adaptive dialog box, click the New Name column and enter a unique file name. Any changes to the harness assembly name are also reflected in the harness part. Notice how background color is used to indicate whether the name is valid.

   Cyan	Indicates the active row.
   White	Indicates the file name is valid.
   Yellow	Indicates the file name duplicates another file name in the New Name list.
   Red	Indicates the file name duplicates an existing file in the specified location.

5. Click OK.

   The harness assembly becomes adaptive and allows edits. A new harness assembly member is added to the cable and harness interchangeability set in the table.