Command Tips: Dissolve

Dissolve a sub-assembly to bring the components up one level in the assembly structure.
Assembly | Dissolve,Hierachy
Features that have external references will be deleted if the reference component moves in the hierachy.
Assembly | Dissolve,Hierachy
Know that component pattern instances cannot be moved with a dissolve. Moving the component that is the seed will delete the pattern.
Assembly | Dissolve,Component Pattern
Know that mates of the component move to the mate group of the lowest common parent assembly.
Assembly | Dissolve,Hierachy
Realize that in-context parts cannot be dissolved and moved to another assembly. This includes items such as weld beads.
Assembly,Diagnose | In Context,Dissolve
Realize that moving a fixed component from the top-level of the assembly hierachy down into to a sub-assembly can leave the main assembly free to float in space.
Assembly | Dissolve,Hierachy
Realize that when an assembly is dissolved, it is removed from the parent assembly, but still exists on the disk.
Assembly | Dissolve,File
Realize that when you dissolve a subassembly, the mates and referenced features are affected.
Assembly | Dissolve,Hierachy
Understand that equations may fail if components are moved from one assembly to another.
Assembly,Diagnose | Equation,Dissolve
Understand that explode steps will be deleted if components associated with that step are restructured (e.g. dissolved).
Assembly,Diagnose | Explode,Dissolve
Understand that moving a fixed component from a sub-assembly to the top-level assembly may over define the top-level assembly.
Assembly | Dissolve,Hierachy
Understand that when you dissolve a subassembly, the subassembly disappears in the feature manager, the parts are added at the end.
Assembly | Dissolve

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