Inserting Existing Components

You can insert an existing product as a component of the current product. You can also open the CATIA desktop application based data from your 3DDrive and collaboration space. You can use this data only for viewing.

  1. From the Assembly section of the action bar, click Insert .
  2. Type component name in the Search menu to locate the component.
  3. Click Ok.
    If a component is available in an existing collaboration space, it appears in the search results page.
  4. Select a component from collaboration space and click Okay to insert.
    A component gets inserted in the work area. The component name appears in the Design Manager. The collaboration space name to which the component belongs, appears along with the application name in the top bar of work area application.
    Note: To insert an additional instance of an existing component in the work area, Ctrl + drag the component from Design Manager. While inserting a component from collaboration space, you can click in the work area to fix a component at that location. To fix a component at the assembly origin, insert a component using Insert command.