You can select options for In the context
of to allow creation of external references in a top-level assembly or a
subassembly. You can select options for Reference Component
Type to limit external references to any component or only envelope
components.
When you edit a part in the context of an assembly, the part turns blue and the
assembly in which the external reference is created turns purple in the
FeatureManager design tree.
To set external references options:
- Click .
- Under Assemblies,
specify:
| Allow creation of references external to the
model |
Permits the creation of
external references. This option is renamed from
Do not create references
external to the model.
|
| Reference Component Type |
|
Any
Component
|
Creates an external reference to
any component.
|
|
Only
Envelope Component
|
Creates an external reference
only to envelope components.
|
|
| In the context of |
|
Top
level assembly
|
Creates an external reference to
components in the top-level assembly.
|
|
Same
subassembly
|
Creates external references only
to components in the same subassembly.
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|
- Click OK.