I guess I should have been more explicit in my suggestion. Like Hellbent said "Reference Sets are your friend". Add and reposition your component part in the assembly file. Then, make sure the WCS is set to absolute in your assembly and export a parasolid of the positioned component. Make the...
How about simply exporting a prasolid of the individual component out of the assmbly file then importing it into the component file? (Make sure your WCS is set to absolute before exporting and importing to retain the relationships). Put the parasolid on a separate layer as reference data.
