Importing Groups from External Components

Groups in external components of an assembly do not show up at the Root Part level of the assembly. Because they are not visible at the Root Part level, they do not automatically get exposed in Ansys. You can import groups from external components by doing the following:

  • Right-click an External component in the Structure Tree of an assembly
  • If Import Component Groups appears in the context menu, the component contains groups
  • Click the command to copy the groups from the external component into the Root Part (that is, the assembly)

External component groups will now be exposed in Ansys.

Note:
  • Modifications to the copied groups are at the assembly level
  • If you redefine the copied group (at the assembly level), the original group will not get redefined
  • To redefine the groups in the external component, make it the Active Component and make the changes