Assembly Context

Using an assembly neighborhood will synchronize the part and assembly, which will guarantee the instant recognition of modifications of one on the other and vice versa.

However, this may be inconvenient when performing group work on the same assembly.

In fact, upon the first modification, the assembly and all parts containing a defined neighborhood are locked for exclusive use by the user that triggers it, so that no one else can work on these parts.

In order to allow collaborative work on the same assembly, it is possible in location and in place of the assembly neighborhood to define an assembly context, in the same way as for the neighborhood.

The assembly context does not synchronize the part and assembly, so work can be done on the part without locking the assembly.

However, the update is not automatic, so it must be done manually.

Creation stages / Use:

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

Select the part for which the context will be included.
Select the different entities of the context.

The entities of the assembly context appear transparent, when the part document is open.
Entities of the assembly context can be deleted form the Contexts folder in the part's entities tree.
The context can be refreshed manually, when one of the entities of the context or the reference assembly changes, by using the popup menu in the work area.
A same part can have several contexts of several or the same assembly (in the Contexts folder in the entities tree).

Options:

Hide:

The box allow to hide selected entities during the use of the command, to be able to select other entities more easily, especially those who were behind.

Additional information:

The different defined assembly contexts are listed in the Contexts folder of the entity tree.

In entities tree:

An up-to-date context is indicated with this icon.
A context not updated is displayed with this different: icon

To update a context, use the Update command from the popup menu.