Place large number of parts in an assembly

[mjc_design]

Hi

I have 50 part files sat in my workspace that i want to drop into a new assembly (grounded at the origin) - does anyone know how i can quickly do this without doing it one at a time?

Thanks in advance

Matt

[mdavis22569]

Please clarify your post a bit more:

You have 50 part files that are in a .sat?  

[mcgyvr · Accepted solution]

Well you can place multiple parts into an assembly at one time by ctrl+ selecting them..

Or drag/drop from explorer..

Then on the assemble tab there is the "productivity" pane which has a function called "ground and root" component but it only works on one part at a time..

But with 50 pcs it shouldn't take more than a few minutes to insert/ground/root all parts..

If you have to do this whole process multiple times/every day,etc.. then you may be able to create an ilogic rule to perform the ground/root on all parts in an assembly..

[mjc_design]

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@mcgyvr wrote:

Well you can place multiple parts into an assembly at one time by ctrl+ selecting them..

Or drag/drop from explorer..

Then on the assemble tab there is the "productivity" pane which has a function called "ground and root" component but it only works on one part at a time..

But with 50 pcs it shouldn't take more than a few minutes to insert/ground/root all parts..

If you have to do this whole process multiple times/every day,etc.. then you may be able to create an ilogic rule to perform the ground/root on all parts in an assembly..

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Thx mcgyvr.

I'd used make components from a large multi-body part, but forgot to save the new assembly i created. This meant i had a load of part files sat there but no assembly. I had no idead you could place multiple parts as easily as that!