Thanks Alan. I was trying to edit the component in its base file. When I insert the component into a new file, explode it, and resave it from the component browser I'm able to turn on the face-me features. It seems like there are some added steps there that slow down the workflow, but I'll live with it. Thanks again for the explanation.
Wyatt

Generally SU doesnt do faces smaller than about 1mm, although you can easily work around this if you want to do small things, by creating your model at 10,000x the scale and then scaling it down.

Thanks it worked. I managed to copy and recalled my object in component dialog box.