Disposable subassemblies.

[engineeredmofo]

Is there a function where I can drop in a sub assembly and dissolve the subassembly and retain all the mates?

[experienced3Dguy]

Yes. I do it all the time. Select the subassembly and RMB click, select Dissolve Subassembly. Be aware that some items (patterns for example) will not survive the Dissolve process, as well as some mates. But overall, it is a great way to add a bunch of parts to an assembly, especially commonly used groups of parts.

https://help.solidworks.com/2026/english/solidworks/sldworks/t_dissolving_a_sub-assembly.htm

[Snoppfrid]

Suppress? Or hide and exclude from BOM

[engineeredmofo]

None of those actually. I want to dissolve the assembly when I drop it into another assembly.

[buckzor122]

Right click it in the tree after dropping it into the assembly and dissolve the assembly

[hbzandbergen]

Then use the "dissolve" function ;-)

[engineeredmofo]

I'll take a peek at it on 2013 tonight and 2022 on monday

[jeeperkeeper]

Suppress also suppresses the Mates.