Components in an assembly are usually related to other components using
assembly constraints
to define their positions. When you understand how relationships affect components, you can delete
components
.
How can components be deleted?
Select components in the
browser
or the
graphics window
, and then delete (right-click and select Delete) or cut (press CTRL + X) the components. A copy of a cut component is placed on the Clipboard and may be pasted into another file.
- Placed components can be selected in the graphics window or the browser.
- Parts created in place can only be deleted when the top-level assembly in the browser is active. You can then select the part created in place from the graphics window or the browser.
- Parts nested in subassemblies can only be deleted when the subassembly is active. Double-click the subassembly in the browser to open the file, and then select a component.
How are the remaining components affected?
- Deleting components might restore
degrees of freedom
to components that previously had their required motion fully defined.
- Deleting components to which
adaptive parts
are related may allow parts to change size or shape.
- Deleting one of several occurrences of the same component has no effect on the automatic naming scheme in the browser. A custom naming scheme may need to be revised if the naming referred to the deleted component.