topic Re: Is there a way how to move components to Subassembly? in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Is there a way how to move components to Subassembly?

Ezekiel12 — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 14:19:57 GMT

Hi,

I think im doing something really stupid.... So I got several components and I need to merge them in subassembly. But nothing that I tried worked. This has to be something really simple and I am probably totally blind. Any help please?

Thx

Matt

Re: Is there a way how to move components to Subassembly?

Beyondforce — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 14:37:18 GMT

Hi @Ezekiel12,

Here you go:

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Re: Is there a way how to move components to Subassembly?

Ezekiel12 — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 14:39:57 GMT

Thx Ben, I really was stupid 🙂 I did not point o the name of the subassembly when i wanted to drop it but below it... awkward...

Thx and have a nice day! 🙂

Re: Is there a way how to move components to Subassembly?

Beyondforce — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 14:43:32 GMT

Believe it or not, but you are not the first one who made this mistake (me) 😉

Ben.

Re: Is there a way how to move components to Subassembly?

TimPaterson — Sat, 26 May 2018 16:48:30 GMT

I think this is the exact same question I have. However, I get absolutely nothing from this or any other screencast I've tried to look at. Is it possible to get a description of what's going on or a narrated video?

Re: Is there a way how to move components to Subassembly?

Beyondforce — Sat, 26 May 2018 17:17:39 GMT

You just Drag and Drop a component onto the other 🙂

Re: Is there a way how to move components to Subassembly?

TimPaterson — Sat, 26 May 2018 20:59:48 GMT

That's exactly what I expected, but when I tried it (a couple of weeks ago) it didn't work. But I tried just now and it did work, so thanks for setting me straight.

Re: Is there a way how to move components to Subassembly?

grayed — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 17:17:27 GMT

Sorry, I watched that video full screen and still have no idea what it shows.

Re: Is there a way how to move components to Subassembly?

aleksei_ovsienko — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:22:27 GMT

I don't think it works for bottom up assemblies with external components. I've tried and I've tried - it just doesn't.

Re: Is there a way how to move components to Subassembly?

King — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:45:21 GMT

Interesting, maybe this is my problem as well. There doesn't seem to be any documentation on this that I have found, how did you find this difference out?

Re: Is there a way how to move components to Subassembly?

TheCADWhisperer — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:27:28 GMT

@King

Can you File>Export your *.f3d or *.f3z file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

Someone here will demonstrate with your actual data.

Re: Is there a way how to move components to Subassembly?

aleksei_ovsienko — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:37:55 GMT

Well you can see on the video example above he's working with internal components. I always work with external components, because this is the only way to achieve collaboration and models interchangeability for cross-project use. I keep complaining about it here in every other thread but I don't think Autodesk cares much. External components is the only professional way to handle data. One part number - one CAD model that's used cross-projects.

But for some reason Fusion is developed with primarily internal components in mind. I think historically that's what they started with and added external components support much later. As a result a whole gamut of features that are available for internal components - like the subject of this topic or geometry modifications in assembly context - are not available for external component assemblies. And nobody seems to be in a hurry to fix it even though these are key capabilities expected from any mature CAD.