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8 CHAPTER 1 INVENTOR DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
5. To open the assembly, go to the Get Started tab, and click Open.
6. To ensure that you are looking at all the files in the Samples project (and only the files in
this project), click Workspace in the Open dialog box, as shown in Figure 1.10.
7. Browse for the file called Stapler.iam, located at \Models\Assemblies\Stapler.
Figure 1.10
The Open dialog box
When opening your current assembly file (Stapler.iam), the Assemble tab of the Ribbon bar
is active. You’ll notice that in the Model browser (to the left of the screen) all items are shown
in a white background, with no portion of the Model browser grayed out. You are currently in
the top level of the assembly, meaning that the uppermost level of the assembly is currently
active.
Turning on a Missing Model Browser
Although it isn’t common to need to turn the Model browser off, you can do so. More commonly, you
may accidentally turn it off by clicking the X button on the right side of the browser title bar. To dis-
play it again, go to the View tab, and click the User Interface button found on the Windows panel.
Most likely, you’ll want to have all the items in this list selected.
Double-click the subassembly called Bottom (to do this, you simply click twice quickly on
the grounded assembly icon next to the word Bottom). Note that it is best practice to get into
the habit of double-clicking the icon next to the component name, rather than the name itself,
because the latter may initialize an edit of the name depending upon the speed of your clicks.
Double-clicking the icon will activate the subassembly for editing in place, within the Stapler
assembly. Once this subassembly is activated, all other portions within the Model browser will be
grayed out.