Working With Components
You can use the options from the context-menu to do the following:
| Flatten Assembly | Flatten the assembly hierarchy. Underlying sub-assemblies will be flattened to components in the tree. Any groups defined for the sub-assemblies will be deleted as well. |
| Collapse, Collapse All, Expand All | Collapse/Expand tree nodes to view the hierarchy. |
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Sort A - Z Sort Z - A |
Sort components alphabetically for tree nodes with more than two child nodes. |
| New Component | Create a new component within the selected component. |
| Delete Empty Components | Delete any empty subcomponents within the component. If the component itself is empty, or contains only empty sub-components, it is also deleted. |
| Move to New Component | Create a component within the active component and move the selected object into it. If the object has a custom name, the new component will have the same name. |
| Move Each to New Component | Create a new component for each selected object within the active component and move the objects into those components. If the object has a custom name, the new component will have the same name. |
| Activate Component for Modeling | Activate the component to focus modifications and new object creation within the active component. |
| Open Component | Open the selected component in a new tab. |
| Import Component Groups and Parameters | Import groups and parameters set up for the component. |
| Make Independent | Make the component independent so that changes to the independent instance will not affect all other instances. The component is renamed in the tree. |
| Replace Component | Replace the selected components or assembly with another component or assembly. After replacement, the new component is internalized. |
| Replace All Instances of Component | Replace all instances of the selected components or assembly with
another component or assembly. After replacement, the new components are
internalized. Note: When a component is opened in a
tab, only instances in the opened component will be replaced. |
| Export Component | Export the selected component as a separate file. |