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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Assembly patterns</div>
      <hr noshade="true"><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap484"></a><p class="para_topic">An array of components can be created in an assembly to match the number and position of instances of a feature in a part.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">To create an assembly array to match a feature pattern:</p>
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         <li class="condense">Position the assembly component, using assembly constraints as required. </li>
         <li class="condense"><b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Components</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Create Array</b></li>
         <li class="condense">Select the component. </li>
         <li class="condense"><b class="uiTerm">From Instance Feature</b></li>
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      <p class="para_topic">If the instance array in the mating part is changed, the component array will change to match.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">To edit the array of assembly components, use:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Edit Component</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Arrays</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">Remember that in NX, the term &quot;instance&quot; applies only to patterns. The term &quot;component&quot; is equivalent to an assembly instance in I-deas.</p>
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