Create a New Assembly to the Archives

General

• All new assemblies should be started by giving them a label, i.e. an archive name.
• You can start a new assembly without entering a label to the part, but the assembly must be stored in the archive in order to find it through the archive and to add it to another assembly.
• You can start a new part or a new assembly also in an existing assembly, in which case the new part/assembly becomes a part of the main assembly.

Create a New Assembly Visible in the Archive

1. Select File > New or
   • press Ctrl and N keys at the same time.
   • The program opens the dialog box New Document.

     

2. Select Assembly
3. Define the assembly data in the New Document dialog box.
   • For more details, see New Document Dialog Box
   • Enter the name of the assembly in the Label field or select Get.
   • Select To Project when creating a document for a specific project.
   • Open an existing project by clicking the Select button, or create a new project by clicking the New button.
   • Fill in the archive data of the assembly by clicking Archive Data.
   • If you want to add the model to an item, click Item Data. Fill in the data in the Item Data dialog box.
   • If you want to add a new assembly as a file, clear the selection To project, and select Add to file. Select the file's location by clicking Browse.
4. Select OK.
   • The program opens an empty assembly modeling window.

Create a New Link Assembly to an Existing Assembly

1. Activate the assembly window if it is not already active.
2. Select the context-sensitive function New.
3. Continue as above from step 2.
   • Accept the selection Add to archive.
   • By default, the new assembly is saved to the same project where the main assembly is.

Example: The label of the new assembly is LinkAssy

Create a New Local Assembly to an Existing Assembly

1. Activate the assembly window if it is not already active.
2. Select the context-sensitive function New.
3. Select Assembly.
4. Enter the name of the assembly in the Label field.
5. Select Local.
6. Select OK.

Example: The label of the new assembly is LocalAssy