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            <p class="para_defMeaning">This functionality is replaced by several different related functions in NX.</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_8.html');return(false);">Reference Sets</a> provide alternate displays for parts and assemblies.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Product Outline</b> creates a simplified display of an assembly to show how parts fit in context.
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">To define the product outline:</p>
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                        <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Context Control</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Define Product Outline</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">To display the product outline:</p>
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                        <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_show_product_outline.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Show Product Outline</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> toolbar)
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                        <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Context Control</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Show Product Outline</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Wrap Assembly</b> creates a simplified envelope around an assembly.
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Advanced</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Wrap Assembly</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">The simplified geometry is placed on a separate layer. You can suppress the components in the assembly and display only the simplified envelope.</p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/assemblies/assembly_wrap_anim.gif" border="0"></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX displays a bounding box of hidden or suppressed components when you move the cursor over the component name in the <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Navigator</b>.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">Other related capabilities include:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Advanced</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Zones</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Advanced</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Representations</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Advanced</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Linked Exterior</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Assemblies &rarr; Working with Large Assemblies&rarr; Zones
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Assemblies &rarr; Working with Large Assemblies&rarr; Representations
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Assemblies &rarr; Working with Large Assemblies&rarr; Wrap Assembly
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Assemblies &rarr; Working with Large Assemblies&rarr; Linked Exterior
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