Restrictions when Restructuring Components
The following restrictions apply to restructuring assembly components:
• When you restructure the first component of a subassembly or an assembly, it is restructured in the Model Tree, but the location in the graphics window remains unchanged.
• You cannot restructure components that are part of a pattern.
• You cannot restructure an assembly if multiple occurrences of the original assembly exist.
• You cannot restructure excluded or substituted components.
Be aware that placement constraints and references can change:
• When the restructured component was assembled with the Default placement constraint, the constraint automatically changes to Fixed.
• When restructuring components, if both the original component and the target assembly are members of the same level assembly, you must move the children of the original component as well.
• When external references need to be extended to parent assemblies warnings appear.
• The reference path of the restructured component is updated to minimize external references.
• When external references interfere with the new assembly structure, the restructure fails and a message appears.
The following restrictions apply when working with simplified representations:
• You cannot restructure components of an external simplified representation.
• When you restructure a component in a simplified representation you can retrieve parent components on-demand in order to restructure the children successfully. If you do not retrieve the parent components, further changes to the assembly could cause the assembly to fail.