Std LinkReplace

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Std LinkReplace

Menu location
None
Workbenches
All
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.19
See also
Std LinkMake, Std LinkMakeRelative, Std LinkUnlink

Description

Std LinkReplace replaces an object that is inside another for an App Link version of the former.

This operation acts on the "children" of a "parent" object as seen in the tree view. For example, given two objects (A and B) that participate in a Part boolean operation, say, C = A + B, the A object can be replaced by a Link, so that C = A_link + B.

This operation can be done to replace nested objects that are in a complex assembly for a Link copy, which may be more efficient if that nested object is used many times in different sub-assemblies. To create a generic Link see Std LinkMake.

Usage

  1. Make sure you have one object that is inside another one, for example, a Part Box and a Part Cylinder inside a Part Union.
  2. Select the Part Box.
  3. Press Std LinkReplace.

The original Part Box must now be outside the Part Union, and inside there must be a Link instead.

Cube
Fusion
  |-- Cube001 (Link)
  |-- Cylinder

This can also be done with objects contained inside Std Parts.

Cone
Part
  |-- Cone001 (Link)

Properties

This command creates a new App Link; its properties are described in Std LinkMake.