Component Connections constraints Flipping at Random!?

This usually happens when I use the repeat function, but I see on many of my
connections that the direction flips by itself from it's original position.
To get it back to its original orientation, I can do a refresh, but that
only works
sometimes, what works all the time though is to just to open up the redefine
component dialogue in assembly
mode, just opening it up does a refresh and sets the direction back to it's
original orientation. This gets really annoying because I'm working on
hydraulic excavator for a school project and the amount of connections
really slows down design into a snails pace, every time I try to re-orient a
flipped part, I have to wait while Pro-E checks all the connections, which
takes about 10-15 seconds on my system. So does anybody know the possible
reasons why connections (like pin) keep flipping over and over again, even
though when I open them up in the
redefine dialogue they orient just fine.

Thanks

 

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: This usually happens when I use the repeat function, but I see on many of my
: connections that the direction flips by itself from it's original position.
: To get it back to its original orientation, I can do a refresh, but that
: only works
: sometimes, what works all the time though is to just to open up the redefine
: component dialogue in assembly
: mode, just opening it up does a refresh and sets the direction back to it's
: original orientation. This gets really annoying because I'm working on
: hydraulic excavator for a school project and the amount of connections
: really slows down design into a snails pace, every time I try to re-orient a
: flipped part, I have to wait while Pro-E checks all the connections, which
: takes about 10-15 seconds on my system. So does anybody know the possible
: reasons why connections (like pin) keep flipping over and over again, even
: though when I open them up in the redefine dialogue they orient just fine.

Bug in the software? Seems that if, when you originally make the connections, you
deliberately do the flip direction (and back, if necessary), it stays connected
and oriented properly. Seems something gets set that doesn't get set with the
default. There's no 'official' reason why you'd have to do this, but it seems to
work.

David Janes