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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/parts_overview.html');return(false);">Parts Overview</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Deformable Part</b> functionality (available in Modeling) allows the creation of parts that can have different shapes for each placement in an assembly. Use this functionality to create Routing parts (such as flex hose and cable assemblies) that can be reused many times.  See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('assemblies/index.html?goto=assemblies/01topic_1.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Assemblies Help</a>; <b class="uiTerm">Deform Part</b> for more information.
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      <p class="para_topic">The best Routing application of <b class="uiTerm">Flexible Assembly</b> is for the creation of standard off the shelf components such as cables, harnesses and flexible hoses. Such parts can be initially created in Routing and then defined as deformable parts using the <b class="uiTerm">Define Flexible Assembly</b> function in Modeling.
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