Assembly Edit Command

1 . Invoke Assembly Edit using one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1: Click the Assembly Edit icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be found on the Material page > Static Components section.

Method 2: Assembly Edit can also be invoked using the Find Tool by searching the command name.

 Learn more about  alternative methods for launching commands.

2 . The Select One Assembly selection dialog opens. On it is a list of all assemblies in your current Job .

assembly_1  assembly_2  assembly_3  assembly_4

Typing characters to " Find " selects the assembly that begins with those characters. Pressing Enter closes this dialog and opens the selected assembly.

2a : Double-click the listing of one assembly that you want to open.

3 . The selection dialog closes, and your computer screen redraws to show the assembly that you selected in step 2. The view of the assembly is the view that was current when the reference point of the assembly was located, for example, by doing an Assembly Save in Modeling or Save As in the Assembly Editor . Here are some of things you can do to the assembly you just opened:

• Add Material . You don't have to select a member when you add the material. The assembly member is automatically selected as the member that materials will be added to, thereby making those materials assembly materials.
• You can perform operations such as Add Hole or Add Bolt or Add Weld or cut and fit operations found on the Material Contextual page to any of the materials that attach to the assembly member , thus modifying the assembly.
• You can Delete materials, bolts, holes or welds. Doing this for items that attach to the assembly member will remove those materials, bolts, holes or welds from the assembly.
• You can Edit materials, bolts, holes or welds. Doing this for items that attach to the assembly member will remove those materials, bolts, holes or welds from the assembly.
• You can switch to or from a plan view or elevation view , then Save to locate a reference point. The locating of the reference point establishes the view that is used for Add Assembly operations and also the view that you will see when you later Open that same assembly.