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Multibody Support for Inseparable Assemblies and Embedded Components
User Interface Location: In Assembly mode, click Model > Operations > Inseparable Assemblies.
Release: Creo Parametric 8.0.0.0
Watch a video that demonstrates this enhancement:
See the video on the Learning Connector.
What is the benefit of this enhancement?
Inseparable assemblies allow you to create a single file for a multi-component assembly. The common use for an inseparable assembly is a purchased component that you want to include in your model. This component is not expected to undergo frequent changes, but you need to include it, reference it, place it, and so on in the assembly. An inseparable assembly is a single business object that you can easily manage.
This enhancement allows you to perform the following actions:
• Embed: Copies and embeds the selected components and their sub-components into their owner assembly.
• Extract: Extracts the component to a new standalone model that replaces the embedded component in the assembly.
• Make Inseparable: Embeds the lower level components into the selected assembly.
• Make Separable: Extracts the embedded components from the selected assembly.
• Create Embedded: Creates a new embedded component in the assembly.
This enhancement is useful when you assemble purchased component assemblies into a design.
This enhancement allows you to manage purchased items as inseparable assemblies, and also manage them very efficiently as a single business object.
Additional Information
Tips:
None.
Limitations:
Refer to the help topics related to Inseparable Assemblies and Embedded Components for more information about the limitations, including supported or unsupported object/file types, Creo modules or other limitations to Creo functional areas when you work with embedded components.
Does this replace existing functionality?
No.
Configuration option associated with this functionality:
New configuration option: enable_insep_asm_operationsno*/yes—Exposes all inseparable assembly operations, such as make inseparable, embed, extract, make separable, and create an embedded component.
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Not all information is preserved upon embedding. Therefore, you should understand the potential impact on modeling, drawing, and model-based definition before using component embedding and setting the configuration option to yes.