Component mode

[aruoch]

one of the issues i have with extremely complicated junk in this game is that when you're trying to design a component to use several times on a larger vehicle you sort of have to build it out of place on the end of the stack or something and then fiddle with the attachment nodes for a hot second to get the right one attached.

 

and moreover, the only way to keep re-using what i'll call "design motifs" is to modify the craft file that already had stuff built.

 

so i'd like an editor mode that makes components you can add to a component list in the parts menu. these would be any conglomeration of parts you save in the component mode. 

 

this would generally speed up the process of craft construction as you could begin to create standardised compositions. like if i just made a shuttle i can just copy/paste my buran launcher i saved from a different build as a component without having to rebuild it 

[Geonovast]

You can re-root sub assemblies that are not attached (greyed out) using the re-root tool.  You don't have to actually modify the sub assembly itself every time you want to attach it from a different point.

[Atlessa]

Also the load craft menu has a 'merge' button that seems to do something akin to what you ask for?  I haven't used it very much so I don't know for sure...  And some re-rooting of the subassembly indeed may be needed.