> Mike,
> Thanks for your reply. You are correct. I should have said Manipulate
> Feature Toolframe with various tools in it.
> I still cannot get this sub assembly thing to work as it should
> though. Here is what I am doing.
> I create 3 components and then turn them individually into parts using
> the Assembly Toolframe (Create Part). I then save each part to its
> own external part file(Export Part).
> I open a new file which I call AssemblyXXX and place a Datum Node from
> the Manipulate Feature Toolframe. I then attach my 1st part to the
> datum node and then attach the other 2 parts to the 1st.
> Then I use the Create Part tool and click one of the parts on my
> drawing and all the parts highlight and I make this now a part file
> which I call SubassemblyXXX and export it to an external part file and
> here is the problem. If I later bring in say 2 of these
> SubassemblyXXXs in to the assembly I cannot move each one as a unit.
> Only the individual part selected making up a bit of the subassembly
> highlights as if it is not connected to the rest. I am sorry if this
> is not too clear but if you need any more info on this let me know.
> Thanks again for your reply
> George Smith
>> George,
>> If you define an assembly as a part, thus making it a sub-assembly,
>> you can bring that sub-assembly into other assemblies as a single
>> component. You can also move it as an individual component. I'm
>> slightly confused by your message below because you refer to the
>> Manipulate Feature tool. In MicroStation Modeler SE there is a
>> Manipulate Joint tool in the Assembly tools and there is also a
>> Manipulate Feature tool frame which contains several feature tools.
>> To my knowledge, there was no Manipulate Feature tool.
>> The assembly tool, Manipulate Joint, enables you to manipulate a
>> single assembly or sub-assembly component within its range of
>> motion. This tool is useful if, for example, you need to rotate a
>> part about a pivot point to align it with another component.
>> For general repositioning of parts and sub-assemblies you can use
>> the Move Feature tool in the Manipulate Feature tool frame (Do not
>> confuse this with the general MicroStation Move Element tool which
>> would grab the entire assembly). The Move Feature tool can grab an
>> individual assembly part or sub-assembly and move it to another
>> position in the assembly file.
>> Regards,
>> Mike Evans
>> Project Engineer, Manufacturing Engineering Products
>> Bentley Systems, Incorporated
>> www.bentley.com
>> "One of the people behind MicroStation Modeler"
>> > I would like to try and resolve a small problem I am having when
>> > using
>> > SE and Modeler.
>> > I have an assembly drawing and I bring in sub assemblies created
>> > using
>> > the assembly tool box. This is fine, however if I position the
>> > sub-assembly and then want to move it later I cannot find a way of
>> > moving the parts in the sub-assembly as a group. If I use the
>> > manipulate
>> > feature tool only one part is selected for work. If I use the
>> > standard
>> > move tool in the main toolbox everything in the file is selected.
>> > To
>> > move each part singly is very time consuming and probably the wrong
>> > technique. I may be tackling this completely the wrong way but I
>> > would
>> > like to know if there is anything else I can do.
>> > Thanks
>> > George Smith
>> > H.W.U.
>> > Scotland
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