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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Assemblies Application</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">In I-deas, the Assembly task is part of the Design application. It is separate from the Modeling task although it contains many of the same functions.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">In NX, the <b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> application overlays commands on top of the <b class="uiTerm">Modeling</b> application. All of the modeling commands are still available.
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      <p class="para_topic">Turn on the <b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> application commands on using the Start button menu.
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/application_assemblies.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">Remember to start both the <b class="uiTerm">Modeling</b> application and <b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b>. If you turn on <b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> in the <b class="uiTerm">Gateway</b> application, you will have access to <b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> commands, but not <b class="uiTerm">Modeling</b> commands.
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      <p class="para_topic">Assembly commands are found in the <b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> menu and the <b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> toolbar:
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">Each application has its own toolbar settings. Use <b class="uiTerm">Tools</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Customize</b> to turn on this toolbar if it is not displayed.
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      <p class="para_topic">See also:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Assemblies 
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