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Fusion unified modeling environment makes it easier than ever to create geometry. Learn the important differences between bodies and components.
Components are the building blocks that make up assemblies. Components can represent either individual parts or complete assemblies, depending on how they are structured.
Each component contains one or more bodies, as well as its own set of origin planes, sketches, construction geometry, joints, and other elements. Bodies represent the design geometry, while components define the relationships that form assemblies.
Bodies and components are represented in the Browser with the following icons:
- Component that contains other components.
- Component that has no subcomponents.
- Body. Each component contains a Bodies folder that contains bodies.
Understanding the movement differences between bodies and components is crucial.
Now, the origin and everything within the component moves together.
When you develop an assembly, work with components and not bodies.
In Fusion, joints specify movement between parts and define relationships between components. A fundamental distinction between bodies and components is that joints focus solely on components, not bodies.
Components are necessary to create drawings with bills of materials (BOMs). Each component has its own set of properties.
A component can be isolated, which hides all other elements in the design. Note that bodies cannot be isolated in this way.
There are two ways to create instances of components:
Alternatively, use Paste New to create an independent copy:
Now, changes made to one instance will not affect the other.