Editing a Component with Solid Tools
Editing a component with the Solid tools
When you edit a component with the Solid tools, the steps are little different than the steps for editing components with the other drawing tools.
The following steps explain how to edit a component with the Solid tools, using the fence model as an example:
Edit the component with a Solid tool In this example, the Subtract tool cuts a hole in the Picket component. In the Entity Info panel, notice that the name of the component instance changes from Picket to Difference.
- To update the component definition so that all pickets reflect your changes, context-click the modified picket and select Make Component.
- In the Create Component dialog box, make sure the component Definition matches the original component name. In this example, that name is Picket.
Click the Create button. A dialog box asks whether you want to replace the component definition.
- Click Yes. All instances of your component reflect the change you made with the Solid tool or tools.
- (Optional) If you exploded a component to access subcomponents, you can re-create the component. For example, select all the entities in the updated fence and re-create the Fence Panel component.
