What's New: 2024.1

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 ComponentsYou can also right-click on one or more sketch blocks, or one or more solids in the part browser and select Make Components from the context menu.

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 Options dialog 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

Link face color from source component: Select check box to link the color from the base component into the target part. If unchecked, the appearance is set to default appearance of the target part.Link sketch formatting from source component: Select check box to control if the sketch blocks in the derived part update if the lines in the source part are changed. This option is available only when the sketch block is selected.Link sheet metal styles: Select check box to push the sheet metal thickness and other parameters to the derived bodies.Note: Check this option to eliminate a mismatch between the part thickness and the defined sheet metal style thickness. If the sheet metal thickness does not match the thickness in the style definition, the derived part cannot be unfolded.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 an 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

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

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.