{"id":27962,"date":"2022-02-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=27962"},"modified":"2022-01-27T12:21:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T20:21:56","slug":"replace-component","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/replace-component\/","title":{"rendered":"New Replace Component Functionality in Fusion 360"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The new Replace Component feature in Fusion 360 enables you to easily swap in a different external component in the context of an assembly.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There may be times when you need to replace an external component with a different component in the context of an assembly in Fusion 360<\/a>. Previously, this involved removing all instances of the external component and inserting a new one for each instance you needed to replace. This was a manual and time-consuming process and often required fixing broken assembly relationships, like joints and assembly contexts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Replace Component<\/strong> feature lets you quickly swap in a different external component at the same point in the Timeline and carry on with your work in the assembly. If the replaced component is a direct copy of the original, Fusion 360 will even reconnect those assembly relationships from the original component. <\/p>\n\n\n

How to use Replace Component<\/h2>\n\n\n

In the Browser<\/strong>, right-click the component you want to replace, then click Replace Component<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the dialog, navigate to and select a different external design. Check Replace All Instances<\/strong> if you want to replace all identical instances of the selected component in the assembly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The existing instances of the component will be replaced with the new one you selected, and you can continue working in the assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the replaced component is a direct copy of the original, Fusion 360 will reconnect the assembly relationships, like joints and assembly contexts, from the original component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn how to replace external components here.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about other exciting new Fusion 360 features, such as T-Spline Associative Match<\/a> and Mesh Repair Analysis<\/a>, in our January 2022 What’s New update. We also recently announced Read-Only For Me<\/a> functionality, an assembly management feature that lets you temporarily make a design read-only for yourself. Check out the video below to see it in action:<\/p>\n\n\n

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