Stuwank,
when someone ask a question, a thoughtful answer it usually expected. But for some people it is there mission to belittle others to make themselves feel more superior. If the question I asked was too basic of a question, maybe assisting in an answer would have been helpful.
To end this thread, I did find the error that I was making in the layer tree....in assemblies the layers are grouped together, whereas in a part model they are single items on the tree...
Thank you for all your help, this is a forum for help right ?