Active parts

[Ledawg]

I have what I hope is an easy question to anwser. If you have an assembly and you are working on a certain part. Is there a way to have pro not be able to select a face that is not on your active part. For example. I have part1 active. But when I go to do a sketch it will select the face of part 2. Im my simple mind when I have something active that should be the only part that I can model on. Thanks In advance Guys.

 

[kdem]

Select Tools>Assembly Settings>Reference Control, on the Objects tab select None, and if you don't want the external items to highlight during selection on the Selection tab select All Forbidden References.

 

[Ledawg]

I do not have Reference control as my options. Im using WF4. Does that make a difference?

 

[kdem]

It might be that you don't have AAX but I'm not certain that controls it.
Edited by: kdem

 

[Ledawg]

Ok Another stupid question. Be patient Im new to Pro. What is AAX. Advanced assemblies?

 

[kdem]

Correct, it's the Advanced Assembly Extension which adds additional functionality. One way you might be able to tell is select Insert>Shared Data and see if Publish Geometry and Copy Geometry are available for selection. On the PTC site you can select Products>ProEngineer to see a list of extensions.