Assembly Quandary

[cbales]

Have I screwed up my assembly?  The Trolley assembly requires two identical SIDE PLATES and ADJUSTING SHIMS.  In my attempt to make an identical copy of each of those parts I inadvertently created a SIDE PLATE component (?) inside the SIDE PLATE sub-assembly (?).  I did the same with the ADJUSTING SHIM parts.  In fact, I'm not even sure what I've done and whether it is OK or it's going to screw up my assembly.

A larger question is: how do you properly create identical parts in an assembly?  

[TrippyLighting]

That would be much easier to answer if you could share your design.

[cbales]

How can I do that?  Use "Share Public Link"?

[TrippyLighting]

That is one way to do it.

Or you could export it as a .f3d file (Native Fusion 360 ) and attach it to you next post.

[cbales]

OK. Here is the .f3d file of the assembly - http://a360.co/2qfjnKR

Hope that works.

[TrippyLighting · Accepted solution]

I created a lengthy screencast outlining where you make mistakes and demonstrate techniques how fix these an refactor the design.

[cbales]

Thanks so much!  That was a very insightful and helpful video.  It helped with a lot of process things that I was not aware of and will help me and my students as we get into more complex assemblies.