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Fusion 360 assembly3/18/2023 ![]() What does this mean in relation to your data and structuring, and where does this fit into bodies vs. The top assembly is the top-level umbrella where everything else falls under-it’s the final point of your file, and it’s a type of component in and of itself. But what’s important to note is that all of these folders sit under a top assembly. If you do not use any components, you’ll see folders start to automatically populate: sketches, bodies, construction, etc. When you start a file in Fusion 360, your browser remains quite empty. Let’s take a step back and think about the top-down functionality of the data structure in Fusion 360. Strictly speaking, you can’t compare components to bodies because components are made of bodies. Many Fusion 360 users were taught that Rule #1 to begin a project is to “start your files with empty components,” but what does this really mean? In this article, we’re going to take a look at how and why we use components and bodies in Fusion 360 and finally put the ongoing “bodies vs. Unless you’ve been using Fusion 360 for some time or have a lot of experience with a manufacturing 3D CAD package, however, the very notion of components is really confusing. Note: Just to re-iterate, this only works for external components for obvious reasons.Understanding the relationship between components and bodies is a vital step to becoming proficient in Fusion 360. You may also open the component separately in a new tab if you find it more comfortable. Now, it’s a matter of simply using the edit-in-place command (pencil icon to the right) to make your changes. Once saved, you will find that it is immediately replaced with the new file in your assembly. This will allow you to immediately create a new file name for the component and save it to your project. Simply right-click the component and select Save As and Replace. Instead, we can use the “save as and replace” command. You could always open the component separately and File>Save as… then come back to your assembly to replace the component. Opening and editing or “editing in-place” (pencil icon next to component) will make changes to the component called lid, thus affecting every instance or assembly where it is used. In the example above, I would like to modify and replace one of the lid components. If you have an external component, there may be times were you would like to replace a component with a slightly modified variant of that component. These can be created by either creating a component from a body (right-click body create components from bodies) or by using the new body creation tool in the ribbon. ![]() Internal – These components are created from within the design and are NOT saved separately in the project.External – These components are those that you have created separately, each in a “new design” and they are saved in your project somewhere.In Fusion 360, we have two types of components, internal and external. Internal or External Components Example of internal vs external components Gone are the days of part files (*.ipt) and assembly files (*.iam), in Fusion 360, all we have is the base *.f3d and *.f3z formats for parts and assemblies, where an f3z file is simply an archive of Fusion 360 parts. The concept may be similar, but the implementation is worlds apart due to one key factor: File types. Fusion 360 has a very simplified method for creating assemblies when compared to it’s “big brother”, Inventor.
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