Change an assembly back to a part?

[simspacetn]

Is there a way to change an assembly back to a part without losing the timeline history, sketches, etc.?  I'm going through a CAD training course and they keep rejecting my project because it's an assembly and not a part.  I'd like to avoid redoing the entire design if possible. Thanks!

[g-andresen]

Hi,

try this:

Note: If you remove the remaining (empty) component with "Remove", you retain the links to other features, unlike with "Delete".

günther

[TrippyLighting]

No, that doesn't make any sense!

Please provide a bit more detail so we can untangle what you/they really need.

For example, can you provide more detail about the course you are participating in?

[simspacetn]

@TrippyLighting it's the Titan 4M part. 

They rejected my CAD submission and all they said was ...

"Cannot compare an assembly. Please submit a PART."
This is my CAD file: https://a360.co/3wLzELx

[simspacetn]

@g-andresen thanks for the video!
I will give that a try and resubmit the part and see what happens.

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

If you open your assembly, right click on the one Component and then choose Save Copy As you can save the single component to a folder of your choice in the Cloud.  You can then open it and Export it to your local drive.  I assume a single component with Bodies and Sketches in tact will do.  Your model using this method is attached.

[TrippyLighting]

If you follow @jhackney1972's advice you'll get what you need. Please accept his post as the solution.

If you are creating a single contiguous 3D model, then there is no need to create that extra component "layer".

That is only needed when you are designing  an assembly of several discrete parts.

In that case you can derive a component from an assembly into it's own file in the data panel.

That will allow you to do all the CAM work into that derived file and keeps the assembly clean. However changes you make to the component in the assembly file will be reflected in the derived part(component).

[simspacetn]

@jhackney1972, thank you. I am giving that a try right now.

[simspacetn]

@jhackney1972 thanks, that worked great!

When I right-clicked on the component, there was no "Save Copy As" option in the context menu. So I chose the "Export" option which has an "Export to my computer" check box. That worked great. It exported it directly to the folder of my choice.

Interestingly, it turns out that at that time (about 5:45 pm CST) there was an F360 outage which apparently prevents the "Save Copy As" option from being visible in the context menu (which makes sense). Now that the outage is resolved the "Save Copy As" option is back. But I learned you can "Export" directly to a folder on the computer with the same results.

Thanks again for the suggestion!

[simspacetn]

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@TrippyLighting wrote:

... you can derive a component from an assembly into it's own file in the data panel.

That will allow you to do all the CAM work into that derived file and keeps the assembly clean.
However changes you make to the component in the assembly file will be reflected in the derived part (component).

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Now that is slick! I had no idea that could be done. Thanks for expounding on the solution to my question.