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Part Library (Beta)

Reusable, versioned part definitions shared across your whole team. Define an element once, with its subparts, ports, connections, attributes, and colors. Publish it as a version and stamp it into any model. Nothing propagates behind your back: publishing mints a new version, and every usage chooses when to update.

The Part Library is rolling out in beta and is enabled per team. Contact us to get access, then find Part Library in your team sidebar.

A Library for Your Team

The Part Library page lists every definition your team has published: its current version, attributes, sub elements, and where it's used. Expand a definition's usages to jump straight to any linked part in any model. Save a part from the canvas with Save as Definition, or start from scratch with + New Definition.

Image: the Part Library page with a definition's usage rows expanded, showing linked models and version chips

The Definition Editor

Every definition opens in its own focused canvas editor: the same modeling tools, stripped down to just the part and its subtree. Edit freely; your draft is saved and shared with the team until you publish it with Save Version…. Usages stay on their current version and see an update indicator; nothing changes for them until they update.

Inherit from Library

Link any part to a definition from the part's menu with Inherit from Library…. The definition's values are stamped onto the part, which becomes a usage, marked on the canvas, in the model tree, and in the inspector, with a link back to its definition. Attributes the definition doesn't know about are kept as local attributes.

Overrides

Edit any inherited value on a usage and it becomes an override, marked with a dot and kept through updates. From the override panel, Reset Overrides returns to the definition's values, and Push Overrides… publishes your value back to the library as a new version for the rest of the team.

Opt-in Updates

When the library moves ahead of a usage, its version chip turns amber. Click it to review the update and apply it with Update to vN: non-overridden properties refresh, new elements are added, and your overrides are kept. A receipt spells out exactly what changed.

Sub-definitions

Create a variant of a base definition with + Sub-definition. It redefines just the attributes you choose and tracks the base for everything else. When the base publishes, sub-definitions follow, keeping their redefined values frozen. You can also promote a diverged usage with Save as Sub-definition, turning its overrides into a reusable variant.

Image: a base definition and its sub-definition in the Part Library, showing redefined and added attributes
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