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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Assembly JT files</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Assembly JT files are the standard means of viewing an assembly in Teamcenter Engineering.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">When assembly JT files are produced by the translator for a Teamcenter Engineering assembly, those files are stored in Teamcenter Engineering and are associated with the assembly that they represent. In Teamcenter Engineering/Web, a &quot;View 3D&quot; link is displayed next to them. You can select this link to open the assembly JT file in Teamcenter Visualization and then open selected components from there.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">In this scenario, assembly JT files are very similar to Teamcenter Visualization bookmarks. However, in most situations the use of bookmarks is preferred.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Advantages of Bookmarks</div>
      <p class="para_division">Bookmarks offer the following advantages:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">When you view a bookmark in Teamcenter Visualization, it is possible to interoperate with NX. You cannot do this from an assembly JT file.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">You can generate a bookmark dynamically from Teamcenter Engineering and see different configurations of assembly structure. The assembly JT file only snapshots a particular configuration.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">The assembly structure presented in Teamcenter Visualization is the same as the assembly structure presented in NX or Teamcenter Engineering. An assembly JT structure presents extra levels of structure down to individual geometric objects.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">The bookmarks can also be opened in NX.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Advantages of assembly JT files</div>
      <p class="para_division">Assembly JT files offer the following advantages:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">You can save and restore Teamcenter Visualization session files that contain references to assembly JT files. You cannot restore a Teamcenter Visualization session file correctly when it refers to a bookmark file.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">You can control the visibility of individual geometric objects within a particular component. To do this you have to translate geometry into separate partitions using the appropriate merge options set to false.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">You can see the assembly in Teamcenter Visualization version 2 or send it to a partner that is using EAI VisProducts.</p>
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