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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle"> Create Fabrication</div>
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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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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/part_set_level.html');return(false);">How To</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/parts_quality.html');return(false);">Related Topics</a></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Use <b class="uiTerm">Create Fabrication</b> to create a subassembly from standard parts, path segments, stock, and other routing objects within the current routing assembly. You can use this when you need to define a certain set of routing components to be a separate assembly. The Routing <b class="uiTerm">BOM</b> offers special methods of reporting fabrications.
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      <p class="para_topic">Select the routing objects you wish to save in a subassembly using the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/paths_routing.html');return(false);">Routing Object Selection</a> dialog box.
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      <p class="para_topic">Choose the part file to create and enter the <b class="uiTerm">Fabrication Characteristics</b> as defined by the current application view. These are the characteristics of the fabrication in your assembly, as defined by the application view file.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Select Part File</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Enter the name of the new part file to save the fabrication component.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Characteristics</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Enter the fabrication characteristics. The characteristics list shown will depend on the current application view.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Reset</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Reset the characteristic values to those that were in effect when the dialog box first displays.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Clear</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Clear all the characteristic boxes.</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The selected routing assembly defines as an NX component. The system removes the original objects and components from the current work part. The system adds the new component into the work part to replace the removed objects.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">The system does not save the component part file until you request NX to save the opened parts.</p>
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