Place Components - Autodesk 466B1-05A761-1304 - AutoCAD Inventor Simulation Suite 2010 Getting Started

of the assembly. In a typical modeling process, some component designs are
known and some standard components are used. Create the designs to meet
specific objectives.

Place Components

In the assembly environment, you can add existing parts and subassemblies
to create assemblies, or you can create parts and subassemblies in-place.
A component (a part or subassembly) can be an unconsumed sketch, a part,
a surface, or any mixture of both.
When you create a component in-place, you can do one of the following:
Sketch on one of the assembly origin planes.
Click in empty space to set the sketch plane to the current camera plane.
Constrain a sketch to the face of an existing component.
When a component is active, the rest of the assembly is shaded in the browser
and graphics window. Only one component can be active at a time.
Choose a fundamental part or subassembly, such as a frame or base plate, to
be the first component in an assembly. Except for the first placed component,
all placed components are unconstrained and ungrounded. You add the
constraints you need.
The first component you place in an assembly is automatically grounded (all
degrees of freedom are removed). Its origin and coordinate axes are aligned
with the origin and coordinate axes of the assembly. It is a good practice to
place assembly components in the order in which they would be assembled
in manufacturing.
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