Howto treat submodel as inlined in LPub3D

[David Manley]

Hi all,

Sometimes I use small and deeply nested submodels just to make it easier to handle coordinate system transformations. For example, I might just put a liftarm and a pin into a submodel so that I can move them around together.

In these cases it is not always useful to show the submodel as a submodel in the building instructions. Hence, I would like to treat the submodel as inlined in LPub3D. However, I cannot find an option to achieve this. I can choose "Convert to callout", which can sometimes be used as a workaround, but not always, specifically with nested submodels. I can "Ignore this submodel", which does almost achieve what I want except that the parts are then also removed from the PLI. Or I can "Treat as part", which also almost does what I want except that the submodel is shown assembled in the PLI. What I need is something like "Treat as inlined". Is this possible somehow?

Thanks for your help
Lutz

Does the attached model achieve what you are aiming for?

It shows;

1. two bricks as a sub-model done as a callout then
   
2. placed on a single brick. Followed by
   
3. the same sub-model (but ignored) and then
   
4. using the LPUB PLI BEGIN SUB command twwice to insert the two parts from the ignored sub-model
   
5. with a single brick, to list the three bricks in the part list
   
6. the bill of materials at the end is correct.
   

David