Moving a component with its parameters to a different file.

[crchisholm]

I am learning to use components and parameters.  I successfully created a somewhat complicated part fully parameterized and then copied it to another file to be joined with another  component.  I tried to be careful in how I named parameters in the first component, but that turned out to be a bit of a fruitless exercise as the parameters did not copy over with the component.  It’s not the end of the world but I wonder if I could have done it differently such that the parameters that define the component would have come over with it.  

I copied the component by opening the file to receive it and then browsed to the file that contained the component to add and used insert into current.

Charlie

Is what I’m trying to do  even possible?

[jhackney1972]

The component you Inserted into the assembly is called a linked file.  If you break that link, then all the parameters it contains will be added to the assembly with a slightly different name.

[jhackney1972]

 You might be interested in a slightly different approach to using parameters in assembly components.  Take a look at this blog article and video.