Alibre Design

10.3.1 Inserting Configurations of Parts or Subassemblies..................27110.3.2 Missing Design Configurations..................................................27410.3.3 Using Configurations in Assembly Patterns ..............................27510.3.4 Helpful Notes on Design Configurations in Assemblies ............28010.4 Using Configurations in Drawings.................................... 28010.5 Using Configurations in a BOM ....................................... 28210.6 Using the Equation Editor with Configurations................... 284Assembly Design .................................................. 28711.1 Assembly Design Methodology ....................................... 28811.2 The Assembly Design Interface ...................................... 28811.3 Assembly Basics........................................................... 29111.3.1 Opening a New Assembly and Inserting Existing Parts ............29111.3.2 Anchored Parts .........................................................................29211.3.3 Inserting an Existing Design Into an Open Assembly................29211.3.4 Selecting Parts in the Assembly................................................29311.3.5 Inserting a Duplicate Design Into an Open Assembly ...............29411.3.6 Inserting a Pattern of Parts in an Assembly ..............................29511.3.7 Moving and Rotating Parts Freely .............................................29811.3.8 Moving and Rotating Parts Precisely ........................................29911.3.9 Moving Parts to Articulate Assembly Physical Motion...............30011.3.10 Hiding a Part............................................................................30011.3.11 Changing a Part's Display........................................................30111.3.12 Applying Color Properties to a Part..........................................30111.3.13 Checking Part Physical Properties...........................................30111.3.14 Viewing Part Reference Geometry ..........................................30211.4 Assembly Constraints ................................................... 30211.4.1 Assembly Constraint Types.......................................................30311.4.2 Inserting Assembly Constraints.................................................30411.4.3 Managing Assembly Constraints...............................................30611.4.4 Using the Auto Constrain Mode Tool ........................................30811.4.5 Failed Assembly Constraints.....................................................30811.5 Flexible Subassemblies ................................................. 30911.6 Checking for Interferences............................................. 31111.7 Inserting an Exploded View............................................ 31311.7.1 Inserting an Exploded View Using Auto Explode Mode ............31311.7.2 Inserting an Exploded View Using Manual Explode ..................31511.7.3 Viewing and/or Editing an Exploded View.................................31811.7.4 Exploded View Steps ................................................................31911.7.5 Deleting an Exploded View .......................................................32011.7.6 Duplicating an Exploded View...................................................32011.8 Saving and Opening an Assembly ................................... 32111.8.1 Saving a New Assembly ...........................................................32111.8.2 Opening an Assembly ...............................................................32311.8.3 Manually Updating Parts/Sub-assemblies.................................324vii