Create Assemblies

Referring to the hierarchy, an assembly element must reside below an existing level element.

From the Select Structural Element pane of the Building Applications window, make sure that the Level element is the CE.

On the Building tab, in the Create group, select Assembly in the Create Element drop-down list.

Click Create Element to display the Create Assembly window.

There are three steps to creating an assembly:

Name the Assembly

Input a unique name for the assembly in the Name field.

Select the Members

Select the existing elements to add to this assembly from the list of elements that do not already belong to another assembly. At least one element must be selected.

Confirm Assembly Creation

Click Apply to create the assembly. The function attribute of the select elements is modified.

To cancel the creation of the assembly, click Dismiss. If the user navigateS to another element, the Create Assembly window closes automatically.