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Editing a Linked Component but only in the context of the assembly

brandon.mullin — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 17:31:49 GMT

I am using Fusion 360 to do a design with structural steel. I have an assembly (the buildings frame) the uses many repetitious components (the Beams). Each Beam was added to the assembly as a linked component from the same basic beam file, as they all start out with the same needs as far as geometry.

In a few of these repetitious linked components (the Beams) I have to add a hole or cut to just that one copy of the component and not do an 'Edit In Place' that causes the hole or cut to propagate to all the linked components (the Beams). It is critical to the design that I have that one beam still linked to the original basic beam as some of the basic dimensions may need to change and be updated thru all the linked beams in the entire design consistently.

I attempted to just sketch on that one linked beam from the assembly without 'Editing in Context' and it will not cut the linked beam component. Is there another way to add features to a linked component that only effect the component when it is in that assembly and that do not propagate back to the linked components original file and then to all the rest of the copies of the component used in the assembly without doing a 'Break Link'?

Re: Editing a Linked Component but only in the context of the assembly

HughesTooling — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:27:01 GMT

Have you tried Insert Derive from the insert menu?

Mark

Re: Editing a Linked Component but only in the context of the assembly

brandon.mullin — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:20:37 GMT

Thank for the reply! As a user of Solidworks in High School, I use to use Derived Parts all the time, since Solidworks file management is a bit of a dumpster fire. I didn't I even know Derived existed in Fusion, I must have totally tuned it out in tutorials and I've been using Fusion since since beta. I knew the solution had to be something that I was overlooking. Thanks for the replay, its greatly appreciated!