- Working with Subassemblies
When an assembly is a component of another assembly, it is referred to as a subassembly. You can nest subassemblies in multiple levels, to reflect the hierarchy of your design.
- Opening a Subassembly in a Separate Window
You can open a subassembly in its own window from the FeatureManager design tree or from the graphics area.
- Forming a New Assembly from Existing Components
You can form a subassembly from components (individual parts or subassemblies) that are already in the assembly, thereby moving the components down one level in the assembly hierarchy.
- Dissolving Subassemblies
You can dissolve subassemblies into individual components, thereby moving the components up one level in the assembly hierarchy.
- Deleting Subassemblies and Components of Subassemblies
When you delete a component from a subassembly, you can delete the component only, or the entire subassembly.
- Editing Focus
- Colors When Editing a Component
- Editing Assembly Structure
In the Assembly Structure Editing dialog box, you can move components from one level to another to reorganize the assembly hierarchy.
- Effects of Assembly Structure Editing
- Flexible Subassemblies
By default, when you create a subassembly, it is rigid. Within the parent assembly, the subassembly acts as a single unit and its components do not move relative to each other. However, you can make subassemblies flexible. This allows movement of the individual components of a subassembly within the parent assembly.