This article covers the following topics:
Create New Parts in the Parts Panel
Duplicate Existing Parts
Create New Parts in the Specification
Other Ways New Parts Are Created
Now What?
Create New Parts in the Parts Panel
Open the Drawing Tool and expand the Parts Panel in the left-hand sidebar.
Navigate to the figure you wish the part(s) to be associated with
OR
Click a part listed for that figure in the Parts Panel.
Click the Add Part control provided at the end of each figure list
OR
Place your cursor at the end of a part name and press Enter on your keyboard.
Provide the desired part data (number and name) for your part.
Hit enter after typing the part name to quickly create another part in your current figure list and repeat this process.
For autonumbered figure lists, changes made to the increment will be “sticky” when new parts are created but can be quickly modified as desired by clicking the part number control and making a new selection.
Duplicate Existing Parts
Open the Drawing Tool and expand the Parts Panel in the left-hand sidebar.
Locate the existing part(s) you wish to duplicate.
Click the menu icon to the right of the single part you wish to duplicate
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Ctrl+Click (Cmd-Click for Mac users) or Shift+Click to select multiple parts you wish to duplicate, then click the menu icon at the top of the parts panel.
Select the Duplicate option from the resulting dropdown menu.
Select the figure you wish to duplicate those parts in using the controls provided.
Note that selecting the New Figure option will create a new figure at the end of your current set of figures.
The figure list for the selected figure will be updated to include new parts based on the existing parts you selected.
Note that these parts are NOT automatically added to the figure canvas for that figure.
Create New Parts in the Specification
While your cursor is in a Figure section in the main application window, type a "/" where you wish to insert a part reference to a new part.
Select "Part Reference" from the resulting dropdown menu.
Type the desired part name in the field provided and press Enter or click Save to create the part and insert the part reference
OR
Click the trashcan icon to cancel part creation.
Your part reference will be inserted at your cursor location.
Other Ways New Parts Are Created
New parts are created and populated in the Parts Panel list in a few other ways:
Placing a stencil on the canvas creates a new part.
Placing a term on the canvas creates a new stencil and a new part.
Importing Word (.docx) text identifying part references creates a parts list to hold detected part numbers and names.
Note that removing the number from or deleting a stencil from the canvas may not remove the part from the Parts Panel. Parts must be deleted in the Parts Panel, or will be deleted when their associated figure is deleted.