Tip: Placing Subassemblies as Components for Export
When used correctly, the ecad_hint.map file can place a subassembly as a component just as you can place a part as a component. You cannot export component outlines of assemblies. If you place subassemblies as components, the following restrictions apply:
• If the current directory or session contains a part with the same name as the subassembly, the system uses the part rather than the subassembly.
• You can use a subassembly only if it contains an assembly coordinate system with the appropriate datum planes. This assembly coordinate system must be built explicitly on three assembly datum planes and have an orientation recognized by ECAD.