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04 Components and Assembly Structure

This document provides instructions on creating new components and assembly structures in Fusion 360, focusing on top-down and bottom-up assembly approaches. It outlines steps for defining components as external or internal, naming them, and activating components for organized assembly management. Additionally, it explains the use of the Edit in Place tool for making changes without opening individual design files.

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04 Components and Assembly Structure

This document provides instructions on creating new components and assembly structures in Fusion 360, focusing on top-down and bottom-up assembly approaches. It outlines steps for defining components as external or internal, naming them, and activating components for organized assembly management. Additionally, it explains the use of the Edit in Place tool for making changes without opening individual design files.

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Components and assembly structure

Learn how to create new components and


assembly structure in Fusion 360.

Learning objectives:

● Distinguish top-down and bottom-up


assemblies.
● Create new components.
● Create external components.
Creating new components
and assembly structure

1. Select New Component in the Toolbar to


create a new component.

Figure 1. Selecting New Component lets you


create a new component.

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2. After the type, define whether the
component is External or Internal.
“External” lets you create a separate design
file when using the “Bottom-up” approach.
In contract, “Internal” lets you place the
new component in your active design file,
nested under the active component.

Figure 2. Here you indicate either External or


Internal for the component.

3. Name each Fusion 360 component as you


create it. You can also change the name at
any time via the Browser.

Figure 3. Name each Fusion 360


component as you create it.

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4. If desired, you can clear the parent
component and select a different
component in the Browser. This lets you
choose the location where the component
will be nested.

Figure 4. If desired, clear the parent component


and select a different component in the
Browser.

5. Select Activate to keep the component


active once it’s created, and then click OK. A
component is active when it has an active
“circle” icon next to it. Active means all
features or operations that you create will
display in the parametric timeline of that
component.

Figure 5. Selecting Activate lets you keep the


component once it’s created.

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6. You can activate different components and
sub-assemblies to focus on one aspect of a
large assembly while keeping assembly files
organized.

Figure 6. Activating different components and


subassemblies let you focus on one
aspect of a large assembly.

7. To create a “Bottom-Up” assembly, right-


click on a file in the Data Panel, and click
Insert into Current Design.

Figure 7. Selecting Insert into Current Design


lets you create a “Bottom-Up” assembly.

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8. To avoid having to open each individual
design file to make a simple change, you
can use the Edit in Place tool. To do this,
hover over any external component or sub-
assembly and activate the pencil icon. The
external component displays in the Canvas,
while other components in the parent
design become inactive.

Figure 8. Clicking the pencil icon lets


you Edit in Place.

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