Exit ( Assembly Editor )

Tool summary :

  • Closes the Assembly Editor . The same can be accomplished by clicking the "x" button at the corner of the Assembly Editor window.
  • What is lost:

    • If you opened the assembly editor by first selecting members then invoking Assembly New , those members will remain, unchanged, in Modeling . Copies of those members will be brought into the Assembly Editor . After you Exit , the copies of those members will cease to exist. Any changes made to those members in the Assembly Editor will be lost and are not recoverable.
    • The assembly member that is created when you view or edit an assembly in the Assembly Editor ceases to exist when you Exit . It will be resurrected when you open the Assembly Editor again.
    • If you performed view transformations such as Snap to Surface and did not subsequently do a Save or Save As , that view will not be remembered when you Assembly Edit to open the assembly again.
  • What is retained:

    • All materials that are attached to the assembly member remain a part of the assembly. You can verify this by doing File > Open then selecting that assembly again, or by doing Model > Assembly > Edit then selecting it again.
    • If you located a reference point, that reference point will be remembered. Also, the view that was current when you located the reference point will be the view that is opened when you open the assembly again.
    • The name you gave the assembly can be selected on the selection dialog that opens when you Open ( Ctrl + o ) an assembly in the Assembly Editor or when you Model > Assembly Edit in Modeling .
  • See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

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   Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Invoke Exit the Assembly Editor using any one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1 : Choose File > Exit .

Method 2 : Use a keyboard shortcut (if one has been set up).

Method 3 : On your toolbar, click the Exit the Assembly Editor icon, which is pictured above. If the icon is not currently on your toolbar, you can add it using Toolbar Configuration .

2 . Skip this step if it does not apply.

Current assembly changed. Save first?
  

Alternative 1 : Press " No " to keep the assembly as it was when you originally opened it or last did a File > Save . Go to step 3.

Alternative 2 : Press " Yes " if you want the Assembly Editor to prompt you to use Select Item(s) mode to select the materials, bolts or welds that you want to incorporate into the assembly. You will also be prompted to locate a reference point. If the assembly is new, you will also be prompted to give it a name. Go to step 3.

Alternative 3 : Press " Cancel " to stay in the Assembly Editor working on the assembly. Do not continue. This operation has ended.

3 . The Assembly Editor closes. See what is lost and what is retained .

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