Adding Components from an Open
Document Window
You can add components to an assembly
by dragging from an open document window. Depending on how you drag the
component, you can align
it with the assembly origin or add SmartMates.
To add components by dragging from the
FeatureManager design tree:
Open the destination assembly document, and open
the source document (either the component document itself, or another
assembly document that contains the component).
Click Window,
Tile Horizontally
(or Tile Vertically).
Drag the component icon from the FeatureManager
design tree of the source window to the destination assembly window. You
can inference the assembly origin.
You can also drag entire
sub-assemblies.
If the component has multiple configurations,
you can select which configuration to insert. Select the ConfigurationManager
tab in the source window, then drag the name of the configuration.
To add components by dragging
from the graphics area:
Ctrl
+ drag the component from the graphics area of the source window into
the graphics area of the assembly window, but do not drop it immediately.
Use one of the following entities to drag the component: a linear or circular
edge, a temporary axis, a vertex, a planar face, or a cylindrical/conical
face. You can inference the assembly origin.
You can also Ctrl
+ drag a component from a sub-assembly.
When the pointer
is over an entity of another component that is a potential mate partner,
the pointer changes to indicate the mate or mates that will result if
the component is dropped at this location. A preview of the component
snaps into place. See Types
of SmartMates.
Drop
the component. The mates are added automatically.
Related Topics
Mate Reference