{"id":1466,"date":"2019-07-04T10:44:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T17:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Solid-Edge-Blog\/Right-Click-Commands-in-Solid-Edge-Part-2-Assembly\/ba-p\/596294"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:28:48","slug":"right-click-commands-in-solid-edge-part-2-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/right-click-commands-in-solid-edge-part-2-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Right-Click Commands in Solid Edge Part 2 – Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of the unique features available in the right-click<\/strong> menu in the Solid Edge Assembly environment<\/a> are in the Pathfinder.<\/p>\n

Create Drawing of a Sub-Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\n

The foremost is the \u2018Create Drawing…\u2019 option which creates a new Draft document instantly allowing to place the drawing views of the right-clicked component.<\/p>\n

\"RC60.png\"<\/span><\/p>\n

This saves the hassle of creating a Draft file and browsing the part or sub-assembly separately.<\/p>\n

\"TipIcon.png\"<\/span>\u00a0Note<\/strong> that this option is different from the one in the System Menu which creates the drawing of the entire assembly.<\/p>\n

Occurrence Properties<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps the most important of the right-click<\/strong> menu options is Occurrence Properties which allows configuring the behavior of occurrences in a tabular format:<\/p>\n

\"RC17.png\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Zoom To Component<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Zoom To\u2019 is another useful command in the right-click<\/strong> menu of a component in the PathFinder, which zooms in to the component in the graphics area.<\/p>\n

Isolate Components<\/strong><\/p>\n

Besides this, the Isolate command, which hides all components other than the right-clicked one is another interesting option in the right-click<\/strong> or context menu since it\u2019s terminate options are tricky as demonstrated in this video:<\/p>\n

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\"TipIcon.png\"<\/span>Note<\/strong> that in the above video, if you select the second button to keep or retain the isolated state, the pre-isolate state cannot be restored easily.<\/p>\n

Assembly Grouping<\/strong><\/p>\n

The last one worth mentioning from the Assembly PathFinder\u2019s right-click<\/strong> menu is grouping.<\/p>\n

Assembly grouping\u00a0\"RC24.png\"<\/span> is similar to the Transfer \"RC23.png\"<\/span> command but does not actually create a new sub-assembly document. Groups once created are retained more like an assembly feature.<\/p>\n

The workflow for creating an assembly group is simple and is illustrated below:<\/p>\n

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\"TipIcon.png\"<\/span>\u00a0Note<\/strong> however that components from different sub-assemblies cannot be grouped.<\/p>\n

Also, a group cannot be created at the sub-assembly level. The Transfer command, however, allows this.<\/p>\n

You can create an assembly group only from components that are directly beneath the top level but can include both parts and sub-assemblies.<\/p>\n

Assembly Relationships <\/strong><\/p>\n

Selecting component and right-clicking<\/strong> on its relationships shows exclusive commands in the context menu as highlighted in the image below:<\/p>\n

\"RC16.png\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlike suppression variables for features in an ordered model, I have not come across any practical use of creating a suppression variable for a relationship. So if you know any, kindly comment.<\/p>\n

Suppression variables for a part feature are handled in more detail in part 4 of this article.<\/p>\n

Assembly Relationships Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right-clicking<\/strong> on a few components in the Pathfinder and selecting the Assembly Relationships Manager or simply ARM will display the ARM with the relationships of just the selected components.<\/p>\n

This is less clutter than the default behavior where all components are displayed in the ARM dialog.<\/p>\n

\"RC14.png\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch a video about this:<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Parts Library Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several right-click<\/strong> settings are available in the Parts Library which can be used just a moment before inserting components into the assembly. Few of those are shown in the video below.<\/p>\n

Do not view this video full-screen:<\/p>\n

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Assembly Query<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, in the assembly environment, the\u00a0Query command can also be executed and in fact, faster using the\u00a0right-click<\/strong>\u00a0alone.<\/p>\n

The normal method is using the Query dialog and setting the options, saving the query, followed by executing the query. The following video shows how you can accomplish all this right from the right-click<\/strong> menu in a jiffy.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Hope you are enjoying the series.<\/p>\n

Taking hints from these articles, explore more and share them in the comments.<\/p>\n

So right-click right away!<\/p>\n

And also don\u2019t forget to check out these other articles in the series:<\/p>\n

Right-Click Options \u2013 Part Environment<\/a><\/p>\n

Right-Click Options \u2013 Draft Environment<\/a><\/p>\n

Right-Click Options \u2013 Assembly Environment<\/a><\/p>\n

Right-Click Options \u2013 Solid Edge UI<\/a><\/p>\n

Right-Click Options \u2013 OS Related<\/a><\/p>\n

Tushar Suradkar<\/p>\n

www.CADVertex.com<\/a><\/p>\n

www.SurfAndCode.IN<\/a><\/p>\n

Join the Solid Edge User Group on Facebook:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/solidedgeusers\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 
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Create Drawing of a Sub-Assembly <\/p>\n

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