General 

This page deals with the options concerning:

Update

Defines the assembly update activating options, which affects Assembly constraints, Assembly features, Weld features, contextual design:
  • Automatic: updates the assembly automatically after each interaction.
    For performance reasons, no update is launched at document opening, even if the Automatic option is selected.
  • Manual: lets you decide when you need to update your assembly.
By default, the Manual option is selected.

Update propagation depth

Defines the assembly update propagation options, which affects Assembly constraints, Assembly features, Weld features:
  • Active level: updates the child components of the active components only.
  • All the levels: updates all the components recursively from the active components.
By default, the All the levels option is selected.

Compute exact update status at open

Defines the update status when you are opening an assembly document or inserting an assembly component.
This option is only taken into account when you work with the Work with the cache system option selected, which is located in the Infrastructure -> Product Structure ->Cache Management -> Cache Activation frame.
 
 
  By default, this option is not selected.
  • Automatic: loads the minimal data needed in assembly components to determine the update status of the assembly: updated or not.
  • Manual: displays the Unknown Status Update icon when the minimal data needed are not loaded to determine the update status of the assembly.
By default, the Manualoption is selected.

Access to geometry

Ensures that the application will automatically launch the Design mode when using the following commands: constraints creation, reuse pattern and define multi-instantiation.
This option is only taken into account when you work with the Work with the cache system option selected, which is located in the Infrastructure -> Product Structure ->Cache Management -> Cache Activation frame.
 
 
  By default, this option is not selected.

Automatic switch to Design mode

Defines whether the automatic switch is allowed.
By default, this option is selected.

Move components involved in a Fix Together

Defines the move behavior for the components involved in a Fix Together in the Assembly Design workbench only.

Extend selection to all involved components?

Defines the move selection extending:
  • Always: ensures to move all the components involved in a Fix Together without warning.
  • Never: ensures to move only the selected component involved in a Fix Together without warning.
  • Ask each time: ensures to display of a warning message that appears when moving components.
    The warning message will appear whenever you will apply the following commands to components fixed together: compass, Snap, Translation or Rotation, or Manipulate without respect to constraints (With respect to constraints option unselected).
By default, the Never option is selected.