BODIES, not components. Linked. Possible?

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I am building a weldment with a lot of different bits and pieces welded on. Many of these pieces are attachment points for other accessories, and they will be attached to this weldment after it is imported into an assembly as a linked component.

I would like to build these different bits and pieces each as a separate project, then import a linked dumb solid made up of combined bodies from that project, and combine all of these bodies in the final weldment. In the end, the weldment should be one single body.

For this project, I don't want to work with components and joints. Is it possible to do this with just bodies?

[MRWakefield · Accepted solution]

I'm pretty sure Insert-Derive should do what you want.

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@MRWakefield wrote:

I'm pretty sure Insert-Derive should do what you want.

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Duh. It was hiding in plain sight!

I've been super critical of Fusion 360, and I still am, but I'm learning little things over time and it's starting to look better and better. If they can only figure out configurations, I may become a convert.

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@MRWakefield wrote:

I'm pretty sure Insert-Derive should do what you want.

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Okay, so I did a test and it sorta worked, but afterward I deleted the derive and my part is now yellow and I can't figure out how to pretend I never did this. How do I go back to before I did this?

[davebYYPCU]

In the Data Panel, 

Promote an older correct version.

Might help....

[MRWakefield]

Yes, F360 is great in some areas but hopelessly inadequate in others! I think I remember something being mentioned regarding configurations in a recent roadmap update. Hopefully it will be equivalent to SolidWorks configurations and not some watered down version. There's an add-in called Sheeter which gives you some of the functionality of configurations but I've never actually used it. My configurations in SolidWorks tend to use a lot of suppressing of features which Sheeter can't do, so it's of limited use.

Anyway, I'm glad the Insert-Derive worked for you.

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@davebYYPCU wrote:

In the Data Panel, 

Promote an older correct version.

Might help....

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Thanks, but I just figured it out. Deriving automatically enables Component Color Cycle Toggle, also enabled by SHIFT+N. I did a "Chat with Customer Support" with Angelo J. and he helped me.

[MRWakefield]

 Sorry, my last post must have coincided with your post so I didn't see it before posting. Anyway, @davebYYPCU seems to have answered your question. Strange that it automatically turns on component colour cycling, it doesn't do that on my system.