Alibre Design

Chapter 11 - Assembly Design‣ To open an assembly from the repository:1. In the Repository Explorer, browse to the location the assembly is stored in. Ifnecessary, click the plus sign next to a repository to expand it and display thefolders within.2. To open the assembly, double-click the assembly in the item list; or right-click theassembly in the item list and select Open from the pop-up menu; or select theassembly in the item list and select the Open tool from the Standard toolbar.11.8.3 Manually Updating Parts/Sub-assembliesBy default, when you open an assembly, the latest versions of all the assembly'sconstituents are automatically opened. However, if desired, you can choose tomanually update parts/sub-assemblies upon opening an assembly. Consequently, ifany parts/sub-assemblies have changed since the last time you opened the assembly,you will be prompted to manually update the modified constituents to the latestversion.‣ To turn on the prompt for newer versions option:1. In any open workspace, from the Tools menu, select Options. The Optionsdialog box appears.2. Click the General tab if it is not already selected.3. In the Design area, click the Prompt for newer versions check box.4. Click OK.‣ To manually update an assembly constituent:1. Open the assembly. If any constituents have changed since last opening theassembly and need to be updated, the Version Status dialog box appears.A green node displayed next to a constituent indicates that the constituent'sversion is current. A yellow indicates that a newer version of the constituentexists. A red node indicates that the constituent cannot be found.2. To update an outdated constituent so that the most current version is used, selectthe constituent in the list and click Update.324