This tutorial will concentrate on creating an assembly with multiple parts. In the previous tutorial, a simple assembly of two parts was created using a mate and align operation. These operations will be used to create an assembly of seven different parts, including many parts that are brought in multiple times. Creating the initial parts Start by going back out to the desktop and creating a new subdirectory called tutorial5 to put your files for this tutorial in.
Assemblies require all related part files to be present for the assembly file to open up properly.
The best way to make sure that none of the part files are accidentally erased is to keep them all in a separate subdirectory. With the working directory set to your new subdirectory, you can start making parts in it. Draw profiles and constrain based on the symmetry of the parts. The first five parts used in the assembly are complete. Save the parts and then close the windows to these parts as needed to reduce clutter on the screen.