5 Replies Latest reply on Apr 25, 2016 9:15 AM by Jacob Murray

How to add a part to a subassembly WITHIN an assembly

Jacob Murray Apr 22, 2016 1:20 AM

I have a few parts that I have inserted into the main assembly, and I now want to make them part of one of the sub assemblies. I have the option to 'form a new sub assembly' when I select one or more of the parts, but when I select one of the parts and the sub assembly I want to add them to I get the error 'All components must share the same common parent'. I actually don't want to form a new sub assembly, I just want to add the parts to the sub assembly that is already there, while keeping the mates I made in the main assembly. If I open the sub assembly I can then insert the parts and mate them all up again but I thought there must be a way to do this from the main assembly.

Does anyone know how I can do this?

Re: How to add a part to a subassembly WITHIN an assembly

Wojciech Paterski Apr 22, 2016 3:40 AM (in response to Jacob Murray)

usually you should be able to click&drag that component in feature tree and drag it all the way on assembly you want it to add to.
the icon should change to something that looks like 180degres arrow. (can't put screen image now)
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  Jacob Murray Apr 22, 2016 8:02 AM (in response to Wojciech Paterski)
  
  Thanks, that seems to work. Is there another way of doing it though? I have over a thousand parts in my assembly and it takes a while trying to drag and find the right parent.
  
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    Frank Krockenberger Apr 22, 2016 8:41 AM (in response to Jacob Murray)
    
    Jacob,
    You can edit the sub-assembly and insert your parts.
    
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      Jacob Murray Apr 25, 2016 9:15 AM (in response to Frank Krockenberger)
      
      Hi Frank, that is what I would like to do, but I have already inserted all those parts in the main assembly and would like to just move them into an existing assembly.
      
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Re: How to add a part to a subassembly WITHIN an assembly

John Stoltzfus Apr 22, 2016 8:47 AM (in response to Jacob Murray)

If you want to make changes to the sub-assembly, IMO don't make changes to the sub-assembly while you're in the main assembly, just open the subassembly and add the components there. I know the "Create a New Sub-Assembly" can be a great tool, however there is a huge cost that goes with it and that is, losing relations. I would much rather keep the part in the main assembly and hide it from being listed in the BOM and also hide it in the feature tree, don't suppress the part as that will screw up any rebuilds/changes....
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