This option allows you to manually select components in drawings. With this option, you can add part numbers by clicking on the components.

Two options are grayed out and cannot be selected.

  • Properties of first-level components:

This option retrieves only the properties of the top-level components in the assembly.

  • Properties of the top-level parent component:

This option retrieves only the properties of top-level components. For parts and subassemblies, if a component within a subassembly—which is itself nested within an assembly—is selected, the properties of that component’s parent assembly will be retrieved.

  • Retrieve the properties of welded structures:

This option allows you to retrieve the properties of mechanically welded components in the bubble diagram without having to insert a table.