Tutorial: Working with subassemblies and As-built joints

This tutorial leads you through the process of creating components from bodies in order to create an assembly that enables motion.

In this tutorial, you perform the following actions:

Create components from bodies and organizing components within subassemblies.
Create a series of As-built Joints to enable motion within the assembly.
Fix the motion of an assembly, and build out an assembly by copying and pasting components.

goals example

Completed piston assembly with motion

Tip: Press the S key to display the Toolbox, then search for specific commands you want to use in the current workspace.