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Manipulating Imported Objects
In Legacy Assembly mode, you can modify imported wireframe objects and remove surfaces.
Working with Imported Wireframe Objects
To modify the geometry of assemblies and parts that are imported into Legacy, you can modify their wireframe entities using Wireframe from the Legacy Asm menu just as you would in Legacy Part. The planar sketch functionality is especially useful in an assembly environment because you can use edges and vertices from other components in the assembly to easily create nonparametric wireframe entities.
Removing Surfaces in Imported Objects
As with parts, in Assembly mode you can remove surfaces from an imported object (an assembly or its components) using Remove Surfs on the LEGACY SURF menu.
The following table lists Legacy assembly modeling functions that are comparable to those provided in basic Creo Parametric.
Menu Item
Menu Name
Description
Advanced
Surf Opts
Creates a surface feature using advanced tools.
Adv Utils
Component
Replaces, copies, groups, merges, or cuts out components, as well as creates and modifies user-defined features.
Assemble
Component
Assembles parts into an assembly.
Blend
Surf Opts
Creates a blended surface feature.
Component
Legacy Asm
Assembles parts and subassemblies in an assembly and performs other procedures on assembly components.
Copy
Assy Feat
Copies an assembly feature.
Copy
Surf Opts
Creates a new surface by copying another surface.
Create
Assy Feat
Creates an assembly feature.
Create
Component
Creates component parts, subassemblies, and bulk items in an assembly.
Delete
Assy Feat
Deletes an assembly feature.
Delete
Component
Deletes a component from an assembly.
Extrude
Surf Opts
Creates an extruded surface feature.
Feature
Legacy Asm
Creates and modifies assembly features.
Fillet
Surf Opts
Creates a quilt as a surface-to-surface round between solid surfaces and/or quilts.
Flat
Surf Opts
Creates a flat surface feature.
Group
Assy Feat
Creates a group of features that you can manipulate (copy, suppress, etc.) simultaneously.
Info
Main
Provides information such as measurement, mass properties, surface analysis, layer information, feature information.
Interface
Legacy Asm
Accesses interface functions for import and export.
Layer
Legacy Asm
Accesses the layer functionality to set layers and control their display.
Mod Assem
Assem Mod
Modifies an assembly by changing its dimensions and moving its components.
Mod Dim
Assem Mod
Modifies assembly dimensions.
Mod Expld
Assem Mod
Modifies explosion distances of an exploded assembly.
Mod Part
Assem Mod
Modifies components in an assembly.
Mod Subasm
Assem Mod
Modifies subassembly features and offset dimensions.
Modify
Legacy Asm
Modifies dimensions of an assembly or its components.
Offset
Surf Opts
Creates a new surface by offsetting.
Redefine
Component
Redefines components’ constraints.
Redefine
Assy Feat
Redefines a datum, solid, or surface feature.
Regenerate
Legacy Asm
Regenerates an assembly to update geometry.
Reorder
Assy Feat
Reorders the occurrence of a component in an assembly. The procedure is the same as for feature reorder.
Reroute
Component
Reassigns component references.
Reroute
Assy Feat
Breaks parent/child relationships by selecting new sketching, placement, and dimensioning references.
Restructure
Legacy Asm
Moves components from one subassembly to another, or from the top-level assembly to a subassembly or vice versa.
Resume
Assy Feat
Restores components and assembly features that were previously suppressed.
Revolve
Surf Opts
Creates a revolved surface feature.
Retrieve Rep
Enterassy
Retrieves an assembly in a predefined simplified representation without bringing into session excluded or substituted components.
Simplfd Rep
Legacy Asm
Specifies which components of an assembly are retrieved into session and displayed.
Suppress
Assy Feat
Suppresses components from active memory. When the system retrieves an assembly, it does not retrieve suppressed components.
Surface
Legacy Asm
Creates a surface feature in an assembly.
Sweep
Surf Opts
Creates a swept surface feature.
UDF Library
Assy Feat
Accesses commands to create and modify user-defined features.