Insert an Item from the Parts Library

This feature can be used to insert an item from your organization’s Parts Library into an existing scene. Insertions into the scene tree are saved automatically and all users viewing the scene will see the updated scene tree.

1. Open a model in Publishing mode.
2. In the scene tree, right-click on the item you want to become the parent of the newly inserted item to open the context menu.
3. Select Insert > Insert From Parts Library in the menu.
   1. Note that if you do not have the Publish context menu enabled in your User Settings, then the Insert menu option will be located in the Modify fly-out menu
      
      
      
4. In the Parts Library dialog, locate the desired part to insert into the scene.
   1. You can search by the part’s name or supplied id. To change the search method, select the gear icon next to the search bar.
5. Set the number of instances of the selected part to insert with the counter on the right side of the selected part.
   
6. Select Insert to insert the desired number of instances of the selected part into the scene.