Work with Assemblies

Use the Assembly Explorer (shown when you open an assembly on the Evaluate tab) to work with components and scenarios associated with an assembly:

You can also open the Assembly Explorer manually by clicking the OPEN button on the Componentscard.

A warning appears in the Components card if components have changed or are still being processed. The Assembly Explorer highlights changed or in-progress components. To ensure your results are accurate, reanalyze the assembly after component changes or after processing is complete.

The Assembly Explorer provides both a Tree View and a List View. By default, the components are displayed in the Tree View, .

Click the List View icon, , to see a flattened component list, allowing you to search and filter components.

Tip: You can add, delete, or reorder the columns for both the Tree View and the List View, using the configure button, .

Assembly Explorer Functions

• Set inputs for and analyze multiple components. See Group Analyze Scenarios.

• Create multiple editable clones and publish multiple scenarios. See Publish a Scenario.

• Exclude and include multiple components from future analyses of the assembly. See Excluding and Including Assembly Components.

• Highlight one or more components in the 3D viewer by selecting the checkboxes for those components.

  

• Switch the scenario for a component. See Switch a Scenario.

• Update the CAD file for a component. See Update a CAD File in the Assembly Explorer.

• Open a scenario to the Evaluate tab on a new tab in your browser window.

• Preview a scenario. See Preview a Scenario.