Assembly Enhancements

Make Components Transparent

You can now toggle the transparency of a component in an assembly without applying an Appearance override.

Select one or more components in the graphics window or browser and then:

1. Right-click and select Transparent from the context menu.
2. Select iProperties from the context menu to open the dialog box. Click the Occurrence tab, and then select the Transparent check box.

For more information, see To Set Occurrence Properties in Components.

Cross-Part Reference Enhancements

The assembly browser now contains additional controls and relationship details for components with cross-part dependencies.

The browser nodes now display the following information:

• Dependent source component names now display in the reference browser node.

  

• The source dependency is illustrated by the following icons:
  • Edge
  • Face (outer and inner boundaries of face are projected)
  • Loop
  • Sketch geometry
  • DWG geometry
• Cross-Part Reference - Occurrence Path displays a useful tooltip when you mouse over the node.

  

• Break Link is available from the browser node.

  

Open Files Directly from the Browser Node

A new right-click context menu option is available in the assembly browser Modeling View that lets you open reference files directly from your browser.

In a part file, right-click the Reference node in the browser and select Open Parent Assembly from the context menu to examine cross-part references in the assembly file the reference was created in. Select Open References to open the part the reference was created from.

In addition to References in a sketch, the same functionality is available for adaptive work features for copied objects.

For more information, see About Cross-Part Sketches in Assemblies.