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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Assemblies</div>
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            <p class="defObject">Associative Copy Feature (ACF)</p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX uses the commands <b class="uiTerm">Wave Geometry Linker</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Promote</b> to perform similar operations.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_28.html');return(false);">Wave Geometry Linker</a><p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_29.html');return(false);">Promote</a></p>
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            <p class="defObject">Configurations</p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX uses the term Arrangements.</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_18.html');return(false);">Arrangements</a><p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_19.html');return(false);">Sequences</a></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_20.html');return(false);">Exploded</a></p>
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            <p class="defObject">Constraints</p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX refers to assembly constraints as assembly constraints or mating conditions, depending on your installation.</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_16.html');return(false);">Assembly constraints</a><p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_15.html');return(false);">Assembly position</a></p>
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            <p class="defObject">Context (Assembly context)</p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">In I-deas, you can modify any instance directly in the assembly. In NX, you first specify the &ldquo;work part&rdquo; in the assembly context.</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_6.html');return(false);">Work part</a></li>
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            <p class="defObject">Equations</p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX uses the same <b class="uiTerm">Expressions</b> dialog box for parts and assemblies.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_27.html');return(false);">Linked expressions</a></li>
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            <p class="defObject">Features (Assembly features)</p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX has a feature called <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Cut</b>.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/11qt_icon_function_map_43.html#qt_as_5_3');return(false);">Assembly Cut</a></li>
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            <p class="defObject">Hierarchy</p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX and Teamcenter refer to assembly hierarchy as product structure.</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_3.html');return(false);">Assemblies</a><p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_4.html');return(false);">Assembly files</a></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_5.html');return(false);">Assembly Navigator</a></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_12.html');return(false);">Creating assemblies bottom up</a></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_13.html');return(false);">Creating assemblies top down</a></p>
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            <p class="defObject">Hierarchy form</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX assembly product structure is displayed and manipulated using the <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Navigator</b>.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_5.html');return(false);">Assembly Navigator</a><p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_6.html');return(false);">Work part</a></p>
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            <p class="defObject">Instance</p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX refers to assembly parts or subassemblies as components.</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_3.html');return(false);">Assemblies</a><p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_4.html');return(false);">Assembly files</a></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/03topic_6.html');return(false);">Assembly structure</a></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_12.html');return(false);">Creating assemblies bottom up</a></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_13.html');return(false);">Creating assemblies top down</a></p>
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            <p class="defObject">Pattern (Instance pattern)</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">Component arrays.</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_17.html');return(false);">Assembly patterns</a></li>
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap997"></a><p class="defObject">Pruning</p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX uses <b class="uiTerm">Load Options</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Reference Sets</b> to selectively load assemblies.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_8.html');return(false);">Reference sets</a><p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_10.html');return(false);">Load options</a></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_7.html');return(false);">Assembly display</a></p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To use a specific version of a part or subassembly in an assembly is called a &ldquo;precise&rdquo; bill of materials view revision.</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/03topic_12.html');return(false);">Versions and revisions</a></li>
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         <dt>
            <p class="defObject">Relations Browser</p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">The NX <b class="uiTerm">Mating Condition</b> dialog box displays a navigator list of mating relations.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_16.html');return(false);">Assembly constraints</a></li>
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