copying components

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry but I asked this before but the forum machinery has totally baffled me [I couldn't find a way to delete a post, and once I'd edited it I apparently couldn't edit it again.  very mysterious!!]  but on to my question

I'm getting all confused with components in my project.   I needed to make a component or two, then make a new component and then add various of the existing components to it [and then repeat as I make more complicated components.  I thought I had figured out how to do it, but dragging the component in the browser.  But no: doing that MOVED the all the bodies into the new component.    I didn't know that and now I have my new, complicated, component but my previous ones are, apparently, gone.

So I need to know: how can I move components/bodies between components?  

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

There are a few ways of doing what you desire and in my screencast, I demonstrate one of these that I use quite often.  Basically you are creating components, making your assembly, and then you create different bodies that you can add or take away from any component you desire. 

I would suggest that you go to Autodesk University, log in using your Autodesk Account, and then search for articles on Fusion 360.  There are a lot of them but you can then choose one that related to the subject you desire.  Look for the ones with good handouts and download them as PDFs.  These are invaluable resources to learn Fusion 360.