Changing the Editing
Focus Manually
For some types of editing operations, you need to specify that the changes
you are making belong to the sub-assembly, and not to the top-level assembly.
This includes any case where the edits could be successfully applied to
either one. For example, you can add an assembly feature hole either to
a sub-assembly, or to the top-level assembly, with different results.
You must activate the sub-assembly to perform these editing operations:
Add a component into the sub-assembly. You cannot
add a new component in the context of a sub-assembly.
Delete a component from a sub-assembly.
Add a component pattern, an assembly feature cut
or hole, a sketch, or reference geometry to the sub-assembly.
Use dynamic assembly motion on sub-assembly components.
You can fix, float, and move sub-assembly components when the sub-assembly
is active, to visualize the movement within the sub-assembly.
Add a mate between components of the active sub-assembly
(both at the same level in the hierarchy, or one at a lower level, in
a nested sub-assembly of the active sub-assembly).
NOTE: While a sub-assembly
is active, the mates in the top-level assembly that position the sub-assembly
with respect to the top-level are temporarily ignored. Top-level mates
are solved again when you return to editing the top-level assembly and
click Rebuild
.
You cannot add a mate between a component within an active sub-assembly
and a component outside the active sub-assembly.
To activate a sub-assembly for editing
in context:
Select the sub-assembly and click Edit
Component
on the Assembly toolbar, or right-click
the sub-assembly icon in the FeatureManager design tree, and select Edit Sub-assembly.
When you activate a sub-assembly, it turns
blue, and the rest of the assembly turns gray, just as it does when you
edit a part. When you edit a component of a sub-assembly, only the individual
part being edited turns blue. See Colors When Editing a Component.
To return the editing focus
to the top-level assembly:
Click Edit Component
again,
or right-click and select Edit Assembly.