Component Properties
View or change the properties of a component.
To view or change component properties:
Right-click the component and select Component
Properties 
.
Set the
following options, then click OK.
General properties
Component
Name. The part name is displayed, but usually is read-only. (If
you want to change a component name, you must clear Update
component names when documents are replaced in the External
References Options dialog box.)
Instance
ID. The instance is 1 for the first time the component is used
in the assembly; if it is used more than once, each occurrence is assigned
a consecutive instance identification number.
Full
Name. The combination of the Component
Name and Instance ID. You
can copy the full name from this box, and paste it into table cells when
creating a design table.
Component
Reference. Lets you store a unique designator for each instance
of a component. The value you enter here appears in braces { } at the
end of the component name string in the FeatureManager design tree. For
more information about component references, see Component
References.
Component
Description. The description is read-only in this dialog box. You
set it in the Summary
Information dialog box of the component.
Model
Document Path. The path to the component document is displayed.
Display State specific properties
Hide Component. Hides this instance
of the component.
Referenced Display State. Lists
the component's available display
states, with the active display state in bold type. To switch
to another display state for this instance of the component, select another
display state from the list.
Change display properties in.
Specifies which assembly display states to change. Select This
display state, All display states,
or Specify display state.
Configuration specific properties
The properties available depend
on the type of assembly component you selected. See Component Configurations in
an Assembly.
Related Topics
Appearance
in Assemblies
Component
Suppression States
Show
Component Descriptions
Toggling
the Visibility