Top-Down Assembly Layouts are great for quick & dirty assemblies that are used for reference and not necessarily for detailed manufacturing

1.  Select the default workplane to be the desired destination for the layout sketch

2. Insert→Layout

3. This environment is similar to the sketch environment

   • Sketch blocks can be used to generate 3D parts

   • Overall dimensions can be added to provide reference as assemblies are generated

NOTE: Layouts really prefer to be on the Front Plane, so if you don't have the Top/Right selected, it will automatically be generated there

Sketch entities and Make Blocks from them

Each block will become a component within the assembly

If a component will have multiple instances, it's not necessary to create each instance as a block, but instead just provide a few entities that may be useful in adding mates to

Use sketch relations to avoid having to generate mates later on

Once the block has been made, it needs to be converted to a part

Insert→Component→Insert Part from Block...

These newly generated parts must be edited in order to generate 3D Features