Working with iParts and iAssembly Drawings

When your drawing view references an iPart or iAssembly, you can choose, from the drawing view Model State tab, which member file you want to document.

Annotations (particularly dimensions) attached to drawing views of iParts and iAssemblies generally remain attached if you edit the base view and change the iPart member on the Model State tab. This means you can fully annotate just one iPart or iAssembly member and select Save Copy As for each unique member after changing the member referenced in the base view. Or you can create a tabulated drawing detailing all of the iPart/iAssembly members on a single sheet. To look at this workflow, follow these steps:

  1. On the Get Started tab, click the Open button. ...

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