Insert Part
Use Insert Part to insert a
base part into another part document. When you insert a part into another
part:
The part
you insert becomes a solid body.
If the
inserted part contains mate references, you can use them to position the
inserted part. A Body-Move/Copy
feature is added to the FeatureManager design tree.
You can
move and rotate the body after you place it.
To insert a part:
With a part document open, click Insert
Part (Features toolbar) or Insert,
Part.
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Browse to a part document and click Open.
The Insert Part
PropertyManager appears.
Under Transfer,
select any combination of the following:
Solid bodies. Inserts the solid bodies.
Surface bodies.
Transfers surfaces.
Axes.
Transfers the axis information.
Planes.
Transfers all planes from the original part.
Cosmetic
threads. Transfers cosmetic threads.
Absorbed sketches. Inserts absorbed sketches from the inserted
part.
Unabsorbed
sketches. Inserts unabsorbed sketches from the inserted part.
Custom properties.
Transfers all custom properties that have been defined for the inserted
part.
Coordinate
systems. Inserts the coordinate system of the inserted part into
the derived part. You can use the coordinates of the two parts to create
a mate by selecting Locate Part
under Launch move dialog and aligning
the axes of the coordinate systems.
Model dimensions.
Imports model dimensions of the inserted part into the derived part.
Hole wizard
data. Transfers data about the source part's Hole Wizard holes,
so that the data is available in drawings of the derived part.
All transferred elements of the inserted
part are placed in folders under the inserted part in the FeatureManager
design tree.
Under Locate Part, select Launch
move dialog to define a location for the inserted part in the Locate
Part PropertyManager.
Optionally,
if you want to independently edit the features of the inserted part without
affecting the original part, under Link,
click Break link to original part.
You
can also break the link to the original part later by listing the derived
part's external
references and selecting Break All.
Once you break the link to the original,
you cannot restore it.
Click .
After you insert a part,
you can move, copy, rotate, or mate it using Move/Copy Bodies (Features toolbar).
To change the configuration of the inserted part:
Right-click the part and select List
External Refs.
Select a configuration in Configuration
Name, and click OK.
You can also control the
configuration with a design table. See Base Parts in Configurations.
Related Topics
Derived
Parts