Place iAssembly members in assemblies

You can select an iPart factory or member or an iAssembly factory or member for placement. If you select a member file, it is placed directly in the assembly like any other component. If you select a factory, you select the appropriate member from a table, and then place it in the assembly.

In the browser, a unique icon is displayed on a placed iAssembly member.

Place iAssembly members

1. On the ribbon, click Assemble tab Component panel Place .

2. Browse to the folder that contains the iPart or iAssembly factory, and then click Open to open the Place Standard iPart dialog box. If Vault is installed and you open a file in the vault, you can use an alternate method. Click Open from Vault located under Quick Launch for immediate access to your vaulted files.

   Note: Autodesk Inventor detects which components are factories.

3. Click in the graphics window to place an instance of the default member or click the Table tab to specify a different member:

   • If appropriate, right-click, and then select Sort Ascending or Sort Descending to reorder the rows.
   • Click a row to select a member of the iPart.
   • Click the graphics window to place a member.
   Note: If you prefer, click the Keys or Tree tab and select a value to specify the member to place.

4. Continue to place multiple instances of the member or click a row to place a different member. When finished, right-click and select Done.

5. When finished, click Cancel to close the dialog box.

For first-level child components of a factory, you can exchange one member for another in the current assembly:

1. In the browser, click to expand a child node.

2. Right-click a member and select Change Member.

   Note: To switch members of members nested deeply in the browser hierarchy, you must first make the immediate parent active.