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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Reattaching to an existing formboard</div>
      <p class="para_division">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Synchronization Tool</b> as a tool to bring a formboard into logical and geometrical agreement with the electrical assembly. However, you may synchronize against an existing formboard. Since the key elements in synchronization are the connection and component list objects, the functionality will perform seamlessly when used in this fashion. Note that any assembly with a connection and component list object may be attached to a formboard, but the synchronization results may be too numerous in some cases to perform any automatic functions. Attaching to an existing formboard of a previous version may allow you to quickly re&ndash;add many annotations and detailing that is present in the attached formboard through the use of the synchronization mechanism.
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      <div class="title_division">Attaching the formboard to a non&ndash;related wiring assembly</div>
      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Synchronization Tool</b> will allow attachment to any assembly that contains a connection and component list object. However, attaching to a non&ndash;related assembly (one in which the connection and component list differ greatly from the formboard being working with) will result in a vast number of errors making the synchronization process non&ndash;viable.
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      <div class="title_division">When to reattach/detach a master assembly</div>
      <p class="para_division">Upon generation of the formboard assembly, the master assembly connects as a subcomponent. This subcomponent will be present until you explicitly remove it. If the master assembly is never detached (removed from the formboard assembly), <b class="uiTerm">Formboard</b> will remember that it is the assembly to synchronize against. However, if the master assembly is detached, you must specify which assembly to use as the master for synchronization.
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