Making Nested Blocks

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You can create nested blocks by creating and saving a block that includes multiple blocks. Use nested blocks to:

  1. In the FeatureManager design tree, press Ctrl and select cylinder-1 and piston-1.

  2. Right-click and select Make Block.

In the PropertyManager, cylinder-1 and piston-1 are listed as Block Entities.

  1. Click , and in the FeatureManager design tree, right-click Block2-1 and select Save Block.

  2. In the Save As dialog box, type piston_mechanism (the .sldblk extension is added).

  3. Click Rebuild (Standard toolbar).

  4. Right-click Block2-1, select Properties, and type Piston Mechanism for Name.

Piston Mechanism-1 is added to the FeatureManager design tree.

  1. Save the model.

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