Simplifying Large
Assemblies
Large assemblies can consist of hundreds of components. Reasons to simplify
a large assembly include:
Improve performance and reduce rebuild times.
Improve display speed during dynamic view operations
(zoom, pan, rotate, and so on).
Focus your work on a subset of components.
To simplify assemblies:
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You can save collections
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Also useful when working with large assemblies:
Large
Assembly Mode is a collection of system options that improves
the performance of assemblies. You can turn on Large Assembly Mode at
any time, or you can set a limit for the number of components, and have
Large Assembly Mode turn on automatically when that limit is reached.
You can customize Large Assembly Mode, and you can combine it with other
simplification methods (such as toggling the visibility and changing the
suppression state).
AssemblyXpert
analyzes performance of assemblies and suggests possible actions you can
take to improve performance. In some cases, you can select to have the
software make changes to your assembly to improve performance.
Quick
view / Selective open opens a simplified representation of
the assembly. You specify which components to load; other components are
not loaded and not visible, but the effects of their mates are retained.
Bills
of materials can be created in assembly files. You do not need
to create a drawing file to create a BOM.
Related Topics
Advanced
Component Selection
Filtering
the FeatureManager Design Tree
Selecting
Components