{"id":182007,"date":"2024-04-02T10:54:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/?post_type=topic&#038;p=182007"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:35:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:35:27","slug":"ansys-discovery-working-with-components","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-discovery-working-with-components\/","title":{"rendered":"Ansys Discovery &#8211; Working with Components"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ansys Discovery is a modern, user-friendly modeling tool which houses a lot of features which help with geometry creation from scratch and prepare your CAD for simulation. When working with large assemblies you often need to edit, replace individual components and Ansys Discovery does that with ease. You can open individual components in a new tab to edit or even replace them with another component. Let\u2019s check out these features in more detail.<\/p>\n<p>To View various options for working with components you need first Right Click on the Component, and the below is the options will show up. Then select the best options that meets the task.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Activate Component for Modeling<\/li>\n<li>Open Component<\/li>\n<li>Replace Component<\/li>\n<li>Replace All Instances of the Component<\/li>\n<li>Export Component<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Working-with-components.png\" width=\"366\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can refer to this attachment for more details <a href=\"https:\/\/ansys13.ansys.com\/KnowledgeArticles\/Discovery\/Working%20with%20components.pdf\">Working with Components<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-182007","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-discovery","topic-tag-components"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ansys Discovery is a modern, user-friendly modeling tool which houses a lot of features which help with geometry creation from scratch and prepare your CAD for simulation. 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