About the Assembly Rename dialog box
When you rename, save a copy, or save an assembly as a Configurable Product, the Assembly Rename dialog box opens. Use it to rename the children of the selected assembly. The Assembly Rename dialog box consists of the following:
• Menus
• Model Tree
• Model Graphics
• Shortcut menus
• Display buttons
• File Name Generation area
Menus
• File: Contains the following options:
◦ Save: Saves the original names and the new names to a file.
◦ Load: Overwrites the new names with names from an existing file.
◦ Dump Preview Tree:
• Tree: Contains the following option:
◦ Highlight Model check box: Highlights selected components in the Graphics window
• Action: Sets the default action in the Action column. The following options are available:
◦ New File Name: Generates a new name using an option below.
◦ Keep Name (default): Keeps the original name.
Model Tree
The following commands are available:
• Show: Sets the display of components in the Component Chooser Tree.
◦ Check All—Shows all components.
◦ New—Shows all nodes with new names.
◦ Unchanged—Shows all nodes with unchanged names.
◦ Keep Embedded—Shows components which only exist on the assembly level. These components are not saved on the disk as individual part files.
◦ Saved as Copies—Shows the newly copied components.
◦ Reused—Shows the reused components.
◦ Saved as Configurable Product—Shows components in the configurable product.
◦ Saved as Configurable Module—Shows components in the configurable module.
• Search box—Searches in expanded nodes for the component typed in the box.
• 
—Sets the Component Chooser Tree options.
◦ Columns—Displays the default columns available, click More to open the Model Tree Columns dialog box. Add or remove information columns.
◦ Expand All—Expands all the Component Chooser Tree component nodes.
◦ Expand To Selected—Expands the tree to see the components selected in the preview window.
◦ Collapse All—Collapses all component nodes of the Component Chooser Tree.
◦ Save Tree—Saves the Component Chooser Tree to a text file.
The Model Tree columns are set using the Columns options. The following columns are available by default in the Model Tree:
• The first column contains a list of high-level components and children.
• Action—Shows the action on the component:
◦ Renaming a component—New FileName or Keep Name.
◦ Saving a copy of an assembly—Save a Copy or Reuse.
• New File Name—Displays the new name of a component.
• Common Name—Displays the common name of a component.
Click
in the
Model Tree area and click
Columns to add more columns.
Model Graphics
The Model Graphics window displays graphics for selected components.
• Show—Sets the display of components in the preview window.
◦ Check All—Displays all components.
◦ New—Displays all nodes with new names.
◦ Unchanged—Displays all nodes with unchanged names.
◦ Keep Embedded—shows components which only exist on the assembly level. These components are not saved on the disk as individual part files.
• —Sets the display of components in the preview window.
◦ Show Hidden—Displays hidden components.
◦ Auto highlight on selection—Highlights selected components.
◦ Auto update preview—Automatically updates components.
◦ Update Preview—Shows updated components. This option is available when Auto update preview is not active or the check box next to Auto update preview is not selected.
Shortcut menus
To access shortcut menus, right-click the assembly or a component in the Component Chooser Tree or preview window.
• New File Name—Saves the renamed or copied component with a new name.
• Keep Name—Saves the component with the original name.
To access Tree column shortcut menus, right-click the column header. To sort the column in ascending or descending order, click the column header.
• Group By—Groups the nodes in the tree according to values in the column. Only one column can be grouped at a time. When you sort a second column, the nodes under each group are sorted.
• Columns—Click a column name to hide or display the column. Click More to open the Model Tree Columns dialog box. Add additional columns and click OK.
To access additional shortcut menus right-click the Component Chooser preview window.
• Hide—Hides the selected component.
• Shaded—Displays the model as shaded.
• No Hidden—Displays the model with no hidden lines.
• Hidden Line—Displays the model with hidden lines.
• Wireframe—Displays the model in wireframe.
• Refit—Refits the model view to the window.
• Next—Selects the component closest to the pointer.
• Previous—Selects the previous component.
• Pick From List—Opens a list of components adjacent to the pointer. Select a component from the list.
Buttons
• Preview window buttons—Sets the position of the preview window.
◦ 
—Appears to the right of the Model Tree.
◦ 
—Appears under the Model Tree.
◦ 
—Appears on top of the Model Tree.
◦ 
—Appears to the left of the Model Tree.
• 
—Hides or unhides the Model Tree area.
• 
—Hides or unhides the Model Graphics area.
File Name Generation area
Automatically generate new names for the copied components by using options from this area.
• 
—Selects all components in the Component Chooser Tree.
• 
—Clears component selection.
• Automatic—Automatically generates new names in a linked session.
• Manual—Generates new names for components using one of these rules:
◦ Use Template—Replaces a name or a part of a name with new text. Type the text to replace in the first box and the replacing text in the next box.
◦ Use Prefix—Adds a prefix to the original name. To change the default, select it and type a new prefix.
◦ Use Suffix—Adds a suffix to the name. To change the default, select it and type a new suffix.
• Generate New Names—Generates new names for all selected components using the template, prefix, or suffix.