Merging an assembly with a relief

Use the Merge Assembly tool to combine a mesh of the root Assembly, and all of its associated assemblies and meshes   that are visible in the Project Tree, with the composite relief associated with the back surface of a design. The top of the mesh is merged with the composite relief associated with the back surface of your design, which has the effect of pushing the composite relief upwards and outwards.

To combine the root Assembly and all of its associated visible assemblies and meshes   in the Project Tree with the composite relief associated with the back surface of the design:

1. Ensure the model containing the composite relief with which you want to merge the root Assembly and all of its associated items in the Project Tree is open.
2. In the Project panel, ensure the root Assembly in the Project Tree and all of its associated items that you want to merge with the composite relief are visible.
3. In the Project Tree, select the Back Relief item to make it active.
4. Click next to the Back Relief item, then select the relief layer with which you want to merge a mesh of the root Assembly. Its panel is displayed below the splitter bar.
            In the Project Tree, the  Back Relief is still active; indicated by its name being displayed in bold text.
5. In the Project Tree, ensure the active relief layer is visible.
6. In the Project Tree, select the root Assembly. The Assembly panel is displayed below the splitter bar.
           In the Project Tree, the   Back Relief and your previously selected relief layer are still active; indicated by their names being displayed in bold text.
7. In the Tools area of the Assembly panel, click the Merge Assembly button. The mesh of the root Assembly is merged with the active relief layer.

See also

• Controlling the visibility of relief layers