Treat partstudio as single part in assembly

baruc_almaguer

Hi, I usually have to design a part studio containing various parts (A PCB for example).

In the part studio, they are all related to each other spatialy, so there is no problem, 
but when I export them to an assembly (For designing a case, holder, etc) they get all loose and messy.

I have to select them all to move them around or make the mates for each component of the PCB

Is there a way so I can export a full part studio to an assembly, mantain their relations (They all move together) without having to define the mate connectors explicitly?

I want it to be several parts to mantain the different appearances for each part (If I Join them, they merge in appearance as well).

brucebartlett

Just drop the complete part studio in an assembly and do a group mate. Group mate will lock all parts together relative to each other at that point in time. If you have more part to drop in latter, position the new parts in the assembly and lock them in by editing the original group mate. 

3dcad

I'd suggest you do like @brucebartlett described but also leave that assembly as sub-assy and create another main-assembly where you first insert that sub-assembly. If you need to lock whole group into place, use 'fix' on any part inside group and it will lock the whole group / subassy in place.

Another tip is to model static parts in place in part studio so it's easy to add parts into assy as you can just use their default position without additional mates.

baruc_almaguer

Thank you!
I didn't knew there was a Group mate, it's exactly what I needed