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               <p class="para_td">Parts Overview</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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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">You can place parts along existing paths or you can run the paths from previously placed parts. This topic highlights concepts and operations used to define and manipulate parts within a routing assembly. The main tools for working with parts are <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/parts_quality.html');return(false);">Qualify Part</a> and <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/parts_place.html');return(false);">Place Part</a>.
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      <p class="para_topic">Generally, any part used in a routing assembly has intelligence added through the <b class="uiTerm">Qualify Part</b> tool. Using <b class="uiTerm">Qualify Part</b>, you add objects such as ports that determine how the part is connected to other parts and stock. Once qualified, parts are easily added into an assembly through the <b class="uiTerm">Place Part</b> tool.
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      <div class="title_division">Standard parts</div>
      <p class="para_division">Routing may use standard parts, supplied by a vendor who specializes in the manufacture and/or distribution of a particular class of parts, which meet industry specifications for form, fit, and function. Routing can also use standard parts manufactured for a specific use as a standard component of a larger product. Often Routing Mechanical and Routing Logical use an NX Part Family to enumerate Routing Electrical the possible variations of a standard part. Routing Mechanical, Routing Electrical and Routing Logical use standard parts to represent the following types of parts:</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Stock</p>
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               <p class="para_td">A section of a routing assembly cut from a standard length or roll. For example, wire, tube or pipe. Routing provides special functions for handling the creation and assignment of stock.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Fitting</p>
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               <p class="para_td">A standard part, such as joints, valves, and caps that connects stock to form a routing assembly.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Connector</p>
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               <p class="para_td">These standard parts serve the same logical purpose as fittings within an electrical routing application.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Outlet Fitting</p>
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               <p class="para_td">These fittings insert into a section of stock by drilling a hole in the side, rather than attaching at the ends of the stock.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Device</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For instance, vessels, junction boxes, motors, or switches. Logically, a route connects two devices using specific terminal points on each device. For Routing Electrical, a device typically has a connector attached to it.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Fixture</p>
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               <p class="para_td">A standard part used to support the stock and fittings within a routing assembly. Example fixtures are hooks, struts, brackets, clips, clamps, and braces. A fixture part does not connect to stock (although stock may run through it).</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Deformable</p>
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               <p class="para_td">A deformable part is a component that may be shaped differently in different placements. Parts such as flexible hoses and cables are examples of deformable parts.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Fabrication</p>
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               <p class="para_td">A routing assembly composed of stock and other standard parts that is produced as a separate unit.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Formboard</p>
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               <p class="para_td">A formboard part is a flattened and straightened representation of an electrical harness used to manufacture the harness.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Logical</p>
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               <p class="para_td">A Routing Logical part is a 2D diagram representing a Routing Mechanical routing system.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">2D symbol parts used by the Routing Logical application.</p>
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