Part or an Assembly as an Item

You can paste to a new item a part or an assembly. A model will then also be connected to the item.

Create a new item when adding a new document.

We recommend creating an item from an assembly only after the assembly geometry and item structure data exist.

New Item

1. When creating a new document
   • On the tab, in the Documents group, select New. 
   • Click Item. Name the label by the Label? button.
   • Click the label by double-clicking the Select from the item database. Select the classification: subgroup, and select classification.
   • Click OK.
2. The model geometry already exists
   • Select the Properties function in the part or assembly model.
   • Click Item data. Fill in the item data.
3. Click OK.

Define the item label and transfer the item to the item database

1. Click Item data.
2. Create a new item by clicking the Label?
3. Do one of the following:
   • Accept the document label as the item label.
   • Select Select from the item database, and select the label of the item.
   • Type the item label in the empty field.
4. Click OK.
5. Click the Transfer to Items, which moves the item data to the item database as is.
6. Click OK.