Vectronic

Sorry for delay, I figured it out for myself... I don't know if I'm describing it right (different PC/Town can't look at the moment) but at the beginning of the created part file, it lists the objects and some form of data I forget... the only attachable nodes, belong to the final part in that list.There seems to be no logical categorization/order (its not in the order placed during creation)... but changing whatever object I want to be the parent (and only part with usable nodes) to the last in the list solved my problem (at the time). I have about 9 mods installed, so it might be a conflict with one of them... but I'll get more info when I get back to my PC.

This no doubt has been mentioned, but with 2.0 P3, and KSP 0.22... it only attaches parts properly based on the last part added in a stack/series of parts. For instance in VAB... building a part from top, down to a bottom... grabbing the top and welding that section of parts, only attaches to a model/part when flipped 180 so the (welded) parts bottom is now the top. If the last part is at a 90 degree to that initial stack, then the only "valid" attachable part is the last part, and at that angle, etc. Which means a lot of the time, you need 2, 4, 6, etc "welded" parts in order to make it work properly if you are building something symmetrical. Otherwise, great idea.