Chapter 16: Modeling in Context
- Right-click the part and select Edit Part from the list, or select the part and click the
Edit Component button on the toolbar. A warning will display that the part has fea-
tures that were created in the context of another assembly. You can edit the part, but you
cannot add any more external references (in-context features) to it.
- Toggle off the Edit Component button on the Assembly toolbar to exit Edit Part
mode.
- Choose Tools ➪ Options ➪ External References and select the Allow Multiple
Contexts for Parts When Editing in Assembly option. Now try to edit the Table Top
part again in the context of the assembly. This time, no warning message displays.
FIGURE 16.17
Converting entities in-context
- Make sure that you are editing the Table Top part. It will not change colors as speci-
fied in the Tools ➪ Options ➪ Colors settings because it is using the Wireframe display
mode. Ensure that the status bar in the lower-right corner displays Editing Part rather
than Editing Assembly.
- Open a sketch on the Front plane, and convert the four edges of the holes, as shown
in Figure 16.18.
