Assembly
Manager 
The Assembly
Manager is accessed from the VX Data Manager.
Select
this icon from the Tool
Bar and then select the Assembly Manager tab. The
Assembly Manager displays information about the active assembly. It is
a dockable panel that can be toggled
on and off from the Tools menu or by right-clicking in the graphics window
with no entity selected or highlighted.
You can move and dock the Assembly Manager anywhere on the display. Use the Preview option to highlight the component in the graphics window. This allows you to locate the component in a complex assembly. Also refer to the Notes section below for more information.
Use the Assembly Manager to view the parent/child relationships of components in the active assembly or right-click on a listed component and select a command from the Object Editor. See Mouse Button Functionality below.
Pick the close button 
in the upper right corner of the Assembly Manager to close
it.
Select a component or double-click to activate a component for editing.
Display the Inquire Component Form for a selected component.
Display the Object Editor pop-up menu. Select from the options listed below. See Component Tools for more information about many of these options.
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Object Editor Pop-up Options from the Assembly Manager | |
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Edit Part
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Activate the highlighted component for editing. Similar to the Create/Edit Component command. |
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Rename |
Rename the highlighted component. This is the name of the instance of the component within this assembly only. This is not the name of the source component. Use the Root Object Browser to rename a root object. |
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Erase |
Erase the highlighted component (i.e., remove it) from the assembly. Only the instance of the component (i.e., the reference) is removed. The source component is not deleted. |
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Insert |
Insert a component into the assembly tree as a child of the currently highlighted component. Similar to the Insert Component command. |
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Blank/Unblank |
These options are alternately displayed depending on the blank/unblank state of the highlighted component. Use them to blank or unblank the component. See Component Tools for more information. |
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Change Part |
Change the highlighted component to instance a different part. See Component Tools for more information. |
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Inquire |
Display information about the component using the Inquire Entity Form. |
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Clone |
Clone the highlighted component. This option aids the creation of variant designs from existing parts or assemblies. See Component Tools for more information. |
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Auto Regen
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Use this option to set the Auto Regen status of a
component. Select
one of the following options shown below. The
checkmark symbol
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Pick 
to collapse
or to expand the file, a parent component (branch node), or a child component
(leaf node). You can also right-click on these items and select Open
or Close from the Object Editor menu. 
Active File (Root Branch) 
Parent Component (Branch Node) 
Child Component (Leaf Node) 
Child Component (Leaf Node) with Regen
On Marker 
Blanked Child Component
To Inquire a component first highlight it with a left-click. Then middle-click to display the Inquire Component Form for that component. You can also use the Inquire Component command from the Object Editor. Refer to step 1 above.
Select 
to activate
or 
to deactivate Preview mode. With Preview activated,
components in theGraphics Window will highlight as they are selected
with the left mouse button in the Assembly Manager.
Drag and Drop - You can select a component and drag it. When you highlight another component and drop the selected component, it will become its child. Components can be dragged and dropped from parent to parent.
