Make Components: Bodies dialog box

Specifies component information for each component created from the selected bodies. You can click the column headings to rearrange the entries.

Access:
Ribbon: Manage tab Layout panel Make Components

Perform the Make Components: Selection steps and click Next

All bodies as surfaces

Click to create surfaces from the selected solid bodies instead of solids.

Selected Bodies

Displays the bodies selected for Make Components. This column cannot be edited.

Component Name

Enter the name for each component.

Template

Select the template used to create your component. The default type is set in the Make Components Optionsdialog box. Select a row and click the browse icon at the top of the column to browse to a template.

BOM Structure

Select the bill of materials structure for the component.

File Location

Select or browse to a file location where the component is created. Right-click the entry to select from available options.

Workspace sets the file path to the Workspace of the active Project.

Source Path sets the file path to the same location as the layout part.

Target Assembly Location sets the file path to the same location as the target assembly.

User Path sets the file path to the Workspace of the active Project. To browse to a different location, select the row and click the Browse icon at the top of the column.

Derive options

Scale factor. Select or enter a scale factor to apply to the derived objects. The default value is 1.0.

Mirror part. Select to mirror the part. Specify the XY, XZ, or YZ origin work plane as the mirror plane.

Include Parameters

Click to open the Include Parameters dialog box.

Return to selection

Click to return to the Make Components: Selection dialog box.

OK

Click OK to execute Make Components and close the dialog box. The components and target assembly are not automatically saved to disk. You save both when the target assembly is saved.

Apply

Click Apply to execute Make Components. The source part window remains open and the Make Components: Selection dialog box returns so you can continue to select different objects and create more components. The new components and target assembly are not automatically saved to disk. You save both when the target assembly is saved.