5 Replies Latest reply on Sep 4, 2014 4:29 PM by David Beard

Assembly selection (pick assembly, not a part in the assembly)

Brandon Zeone Jan 16, 2014 4:09 PM

Is there a setting that will allow me to select a sub-assembly in an assembly? I'd like to select the sub-assembly to delete it, rather than selecting the assembly and it only highlights the part in the assembly. I hope that makes sense.

Thanks,

Brandon

Re: Assembly selection (pick assembly, not a part in the assembly)

Jim Wilkinson Jan 16, 2014 5:48 PM (in response to Brandon Zeone)

Hi Brandon,

See if this help topic helps you:
http://help.solidworks.com/2014/English/solidworks/sldworks/hidd_select_subassem_dlg.htm

Thanks,
Jim
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  Brandon Zeone Jan 17, 2014 9:30 AM (in response to Jim Wilkinson)
  
  AHHHH It was right under my nose the whole time! Right-click on it --> Select Sub Assembly
  Thanks!!
  
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  David Beard Sep 4, 2014 9:10 AM (in response to Jim Wilkinson)
  
  Is there a way, when placing item balloons for a BOM, to tell Solidworks you want to balloon a subassembly and not a part within the assembly?
  
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    Jerry Steiger Sep 4, 2014 4:01 PM (in response to David Beard)
    
    David,
    
    I don't work with BOMs all that much, but I seem to recall that a workaround was to select the origin of the subassembly in the feature tree.
    
    Jerry S.
    
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      David Beard Sep 4, 2014 4:29 PM (in response to Jerry Steiger)
      
      Jerry,
      
      Thanks very much. Something close to that works: I can get origins and coordinate systems to temporarily display in my assembly views and pick on them when I start the balloon leader. It gets the leader close to where I want it. It's not perfect but it beats overriding the balloon text with "Text" (manual) because it's easy tomiss some balloons after re-numbering items.
      
      I cant pick from the feature tree: once I start the balloon command, SW will only let me pick in a view or on the sheet.
      
      Dave
      
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