User Guide

Chapter 5 Creating parts for models
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Background information These sections provide
background on the things you need to know and do to
prepare for creating parts:
• What’s different about parts used for simulation? on
page 5-129
• Preparing your models for part creation on page 5-130
Task roadmap This section helps you find the sections
in this chapter that are relevant to the part creation task
that you want to complete:
• Ways to create parts for models on page 5-129
How to use the tools These sections explain how to
use different tools to create parts for model definitions:
• Using the Model Editor to create parts on page 5-131
• Using the Model Editor to create parts on page 5-131
• Basing new parts on a custom set of parts on page 5-133
Other useful information These sections explain
how to refine part graphics and properties:
• Editing part graphics on page 5-135
• Defining part properties needed for simulation on
page 5-139
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