Impact of Changes on Derived Parts

The following scenarios illustrates how the Inventor application behaves when changes are made to components from which "derived parts" are created.

To view the impact of changes for an assembly, perform the steps:

  1. Create a derived component based on Assembly.
  2. Close both the assembly and derived part.
  3. Change the part in the assembly and save the changes locally.
  4. Re-open the derived part.
    Note: The derived part will open with the new option Update.

    The assembly will be marked with a lightning bolt that shows that updates are pending for it.

    • Opening local copies of files
    • Opening files from PLM via “Edit/View file in Integration”

    To view the impact of changes for a drawing file, perform the steps:

    1. Create a drawing for the derived component.
    2. Close the drawing.
    3. Update the derived part. For example, increase or decrease the length.
    4. Re-open the drawing.
    Note: The integration will attempt to preserve this behavior (i.e. the integration will not automatically apply pending updates) both ways when:
    • Opening local copies of files
    • Opening files from PLM via “Edit/View file in Integration”