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When you create a component in-place, you can do one of the following:
■ Sketch on one of the assembly origin planes.
■ Click in empty space to set the sketch plane to the current camera plane.
■ Constrain a sketch to the face of an existing component.
When you create a subassembly in place, you define an empty group of
components. The new subassembly automatically becomes the active assembly,
and you can start to populate it with placed and in-place components. When
you reactivate the parent assembly, the subassembly is treated as a single unit
in the parent assembly.
Optionally, you can select components at the same assembly level in the
browser, right-click, and then select Component ➤ Demote to place them
into a new subassembly. You are asked to specify a new file name, template,
location, and default bill of materials structure. You can then move
components between assembly levels by dragging components in the browser.
Subassemblies can be nested many layers deep in a large assembly. By planning
and building subassemblies, you can efficiently manage the construction of
large assemblies. You can create subassemblies that match the intended
manufacturing scheme to facilitate the creation of your assembly
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