Local Assembly

 

 

 

 

This command allows you to define a part or subassembly selection (created in place or not in place) as a local assembly.

A local assembly allows you to restructure the organization of assembly document parts.

A local assembly is considered a subassembly and will be listed as such in a bill of material.

You can also make the draft as a local assembly only rather than a complete assembly.

 

Creation stages / Use:

 

Click the icon or select Modeling > Local Assembly... from the drop-down menu.

 

  1. Enter the name of the local assembly.

  2. Also provider a description, reference. and comment, if necessary.

  3. Select the Type for BOM.

  4. Select the parts, sub-assemblies and/or repetitions to add to the local assembly.

  5. Validate.

 

 

A local assembly is only defined in the assembly document. There are no specific documents that correspond to its contents.

It is preferable and more efficient to use local assembly rather than in place assembly when it does not have to be included in other assemblies, while it is more powerful.

 

 

  • To structure the BOM, it is possible to select a local assembly already existing in the document. It is useful to create many level of sub assembly.

  • It is possible to create parameters into a local assembly (from contextual menu on the Parameters folder available under the local assembly node from the entities tree). This parameter can be used in an expression thanks to the following syntax: @'local assembly name'.parameter name (for a local assembly named "Assembly 1 <155>" containing an L parameter, the expression to write will be @'Assembly 1 <155>'.L).

  • The context Provide function command is available on a local assembly.

 

 

Available options:

 

 

 

Selected entities are hided while the command is used in order to select other entities more easily.

 

 

 

 

If an existing repetition is selected, this box allows to include or not the original instance of the repetition.

 

 

Modifications / Additional information:

 

The local assembly is found in the "Parts" folder of the entity tree. Also, you can edit it to add or delete parts from the list.