Create Parts, Part Assemblies, and Part Instances
Parts and Part Assemblies
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In the Part Browser, right-click and select from the context menu.
The new part, or part assembly, is created and displayed in the browser.
Part Instances
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To link two or more similar parts as instances, right-click on the appropriate
parts and select context menu.
from the You are prompted to select the source part via the Link Instance.
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In the Part Browser, right-click on a part and select from the context menu.
The new part instance is created and displayed in the browser. You will automatically be prompted to transform the part via the Transform tool.
- To separate the part instance, right-click on the instance and select .
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To propagate changes made from one instance to all other instances, right-click
on the instance part where changes are complete and select
.Changes are propagated from the selected instance to all other instances in the session.Note: Composite entities are not affected by the Instances options. So, while the mesh and geometry will sync, the composite related properties will not have any changes propagated.
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Edit instance operation settings.