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Assemblies Options

Set assembly options, including options for Large Assembly Mode.

To customize Assemblies options, click Options Tool_Options_Standard.gif or Tools > Options and click Assemblies.
Click Reset to restore factory defaults for all system options or only for options on this page.

Assemblies options

Move components by dragging Select to allow components to move or rotate within their degrees of freedom when you drag them in the graphics area. When cleared, you can still move or rotate a component with the Move with Triad function or the Move Component and Rotate Component tools (Assembly toolbar).
Prompt before changing mate alignments on edit When changes that you make to mates result in errors that the software can fix by flipping mate alignments, the software asks if you want it to make the changes. Otherwise, the software makes the changes automatically (without asking).
Save new components to external files If selected, prompts you to name and save new in-context components to external files. If cleared, saves new in-context components in the assembly file as virtual components.

Large assemblies

The selections you make under Large assemblies apply only when Large Assembly Mode is on. Set options for normal use (with Large Assembly Mode off) as indicated in the option descriptions below.
See Large Assembly Mode for a list of other conditions that are set automatically when Large Assembly Mode is activated.
Use Large Assembly Mode to improve performance whenever working with an assembly containing more than this number of components Set the number of resolved components above which Large Assembly Mode automatically activates when opening or working in an assembly.
When Large Assembly Mode is active Select the following options to improve performance:

Do not save auto recover info

Disables automatic save of your model. (Set in Backup Options for normal use.)

Hide all planes, axes, sketches, curves, annotations, etc

Selects Hide All Types on the View menu. When this option is selected, you can override it by clearing Hide All Types on the View menu, then selecting to show or hide individual types.

Do not display edges in shaded mode

Turns off edges in shaded mode. If the display mode of the assembly is Shaded With Edges , it changes to Shaded . When this option is selected, you can override it by clicking Shaded With Edges (View toolbar).

Do not rebuild when switching to assembly window

When you switch back to the assembly window after editing a component in a separate window, skips the message that asks if you want to rebuild. Skips the rebuild of the assembly even if you have previously selected Don't show again and clicked Yes (to rebuild).

When a rebuild is skipped, a yellow warning triangle appears on Rebuild (Standard toolbar), and a tooltip states Assembly not up to date.

Use Large Design Review whenever working with an assembly containing more than this number of components Sets the threshold above which Large Design Review Mode automatically activates when opening an assembly from the Open dialog box. When the number of resolved components exceeds the specified threshold, Mode is automatically set to Large Design Review, but you can select another mode from the list.
When Large Design Review is active

Automatic check and update all components

When opening an assembly in Large Design Review mode, checks the graphics data of all components and updates any out-of-date graphics data that is found.

Envelope Components

Sets the mode in which envelope components are loaded when you open an assembly. Select one or both:

Automatically load lightweight Loads all envelopes as lightweight.
Load read-only Loads all envelopes as read-only.


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