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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Working with Assemblies</div>
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      <p class="para_topic"> Updating the NX part includes identifying the Active Range and choosing Tools&rarr;Update NX Part. If the active part is a component of an assembly, the default behavior is that changes are throughout the assembly, unless you have defined an Assembly Range using Edit&rarr;Define Assy Rnge, specifying only certain components to be updated.</p>
      <p class="para_topic"> There are three options you can use to control how the spreadsheet updates parts. These options are found on the Update Methods dialog, Options&rarr;Update Methods.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Root Part Cascade Update</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Updates an entire assembly.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Updates only the work part. This is the default option.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Modular Assembly Update</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Uses the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('shared_func/tls_spd_mod_ass_update_r.html');return(false);">Modular Update Method</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('shared_func/tls_spd_mod_ass_range_r.html');return(false);">Assembly Range</a>  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('shared_func/tls_spd_mod_ass_mod_r.html');return(false);">Modular Assemblies</a>  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('shared_func/tls_spd_mod_ass_interpart_r.html');return(false);">Interpart Expressions</a> 
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