Creating and manipulating part and model instances

This section describes how you use the Assembly module's Instance menu to create part and model instances and to position the instances relative to the global coordinate system. You can also use the Instance menu to replace one part instance with another and to convert the constraints applied to a selected part instance to an absolute position. You can access additional functionality using the Model Tree.


In this section:

Using the Instance menu
Using the Model Tree to manipulate part instances
Using the Model Tree to switch the context for part or model instances
Creating a part or model instance
Creating a linear pattern of part instances
Creating a radial pattern of part instances
Translating part or model instances
Translating a part or model instance to another instance
Rotating part or model instances
Replacing a part instance
Converting constraints
Merging or cutting part instances