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      knewstubb
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      Hi There,

      I am making a series of dynamic components for a construction system and have got the base component functioning perfectly.

      Since there are numerous and often complex component attributes I decided that the best option would be to make iterations of the base component and save them as new components which works fine until two or more iterations are added to the same model. Once I do this some of the sub-components of the second DC I add spontaneously switch to referencing the original DC and it is driving me crazy.

      I have given each of the sub-components within each of the DCs unique names using the component attributes and the entity info windows but it it still freaking out every time I load a new DC into the model.

      The one thing that makes me think I have missed something is that when I tried to upload a new iteration to the 3D Warehouse it asked if I wanted to update an existing model. Does this mean there is another piece of metadata that I need to update ? I feel like I have looked everywhere.

      Thanks for any help,

      Brad

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        pcmoor
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        Without some examples its hard to pin point the problem, but most likely some of the sub-components have the same definition names. You will need to edit each component created from the first one by changing the saved definition names of the subs as well as the parent.
        Another possibility is using a common attribute with different formulas in swapping components, but I don't think you are swapping

        In regards to the warehouse, there is a hidden attribute which your copied components have inherited.
        This can be viewed in Attribute Inspector and then deleted.

        http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?listtype=1%26amp;author=0%26amp;category=0%26amp;search=attribute%26amp;submit=%3Fare you

        When creating copies it is best to use the generic term Parent!anAttribute instead of mycomponentname!anAttribute

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