Saving an Assembly
and Its Components
When you save an assembly, the path and name of each referenced component
is saved in the assembly document. For this reason, you must exercise
caution when you save or rename a component document, or move it to a
different folder.
Under the File menu, there are
several ways to save an assembly document. Whichever method you use, the
current locations of all referenced components (parts and sub-assemblies)
are saved with the assembly document.
Save.
Saves the assembly document, and any referenced component documents that
have changed.
Save As.
Saves a copy of the assembly document with a new name or path. After you
use Save As, you are working in
the new assembly document. The original assembly document is closed without
saving.
Save as copy.
(In the Save As dialog box.) Saves
a copy of the assembly document, with a new name or path, without
replacing the active document. You continue to work in the original assembly
document.
With both Save
As and Save as copy, if
any of the components have changed since the last Save
operation, you are notified that they need to be saved also. If you agree
to save them, they are saved in their original referenced locations.
Related Topics
File
References
Saving
an Assembly in Various Ways
Saving
Assemblies with In-context Features