Civil 3D: Subassembly Composer Tip of the Year

Good day folks, do we have a tip for you today! If you create custom subassemblies with the Subassembly Composer, you’ll want to read on…

I’ve created maybe a couple hundred subassemblies for myself and various customers over the years. Some easy and some very involved. In nearly all of them, I’ve wanted to move all or some of the nodes in the flowchart. In this example, I need to move the nodes within the red rectangle.

It sounds easy, and it is, but only if you know the trick. And many thanks go to my colleague Jae Kwon for pointing this out to me today. Where were you 6 years ago?

Multiple nodes can be selected by holding the CTRL button while selecting nodes but only one moves.

Here is the key:

1. Double click in a blank area. It doesn’t seem to matter where, just double click somewhere, say close to the X in the image.

2. Select the nodes you’d like to move by holding CTRL and picking them with your mouse. To move all, CTRL+A.

3. Use the arrow keys (not the mouse) to move them.

That’s it. Enjoy.

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