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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">ACF, pattern, and reflect</div>
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap782"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap783"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap784"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap785"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_as_assoc_copy.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Associative Copy</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To associatively copy geometry between parts in an assembly:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_wave_geometry_link.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Associative Copy</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_28.html');return(false);">Wave Geometry Linker</a></b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To associatively copy geometry from a component to the parent assembly:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_promote_body.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Associative Copy</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_29.html');return(false);">Promote</a></b></p>
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap786"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap787"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_as_manage_patterns.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Manage Patterns</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To create an array (pattern) of an assembly component:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_create_array.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Create Component Array</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> toolbar) or <b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Components</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Create Array</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">The array can be linear, circular, or match an <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_17.html');return(false);">instance feature</a> (pattern) in a component part. For example, you can put a pattern of bolts into a matching hole pattern.
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap788"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap789"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap790"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_as_assy_reflect.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Reflect</b></p>
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