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      <hr noshade="true"><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap486"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap487"></a><p class="para_topic">In NX, I-deas <b class="uiTerm">Configurations</b> are replaced by <b class="uiTerm">Arrangements</b>. The term &ldquo;Configurations&rdquo; is used by Teamcenter to mean something else.
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      <p class="para_topic">Arrangements can have different suppression states and different values for mating position constraints. When you reposition a component or create a mating condition, an option specifies if the change is for just the active arrangement.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_edit_arrangements.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Edit Arrangements</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> toolbar) or <b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Components</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Edit Arrangements</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item">This will display the <b class="uiTerm">Arrangements</b> dialog box.
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            <p class="para_item">To create a new arrangement, use:</p>
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                  <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_copy_arrangement.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Copy</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item">To select an arrangement to display and modify, use:</p>
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                  <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_use_arrangement.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Use</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item">One arrangement will be the default. To select which arrangement to use as the default, use:</p>
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                  <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_set_as_default_arr.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Set As Default</b></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">To reposition a component in an arrangement, use:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_reposition_component.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Reposition</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> toolbar) or <b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Components</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Reposition</b></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">When you reposition a component, options determine whether to reposition the component in every arrangement or just the arrangement in use.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the component and right-click to choose <b class="uiTerm">Properties</b>. On the <b class="uiTerm">Parameters</b> tab, choose whether this component should have the same position in every arrangement or be individually positioned.
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            <p class="para_item">On the <b class="uiTerm">Move Component</b> dialog box, in the <b class="uiTerm">Settings</b> group, set <b class="uiTerm">Arrangements</b> to apply the motion to the arrangement in use, or according to the settings in the component properties.
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      <p class="para_topic">To make different arrangement active in an assembly, right-click the assembly in the <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Navigator</b>.
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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 &rarr; Assembly Arrangements
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