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Opening Subassemblies

You can open a subassembly from the graphics area by clicking one of its components and selecting the subassembly from the Open Part drop-down list on the context toolbar.

To open a subassembly:

  1. In the graphics area, select a component of the subassembly.
  2. On the context toolbar, click the drop-down arrow on Open Part .
    The part and the subassembly that contains the part are listed. If the part is in a nested subassembly, the list displays the hierarchy.
  3. Move the pointer over the list to highlight the various subassemblies and click the one to open.


    The selected subassembly opens in a separate window.
    To open the selected part, rather than a subassembly, click the folder icon:



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