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Contents
Tutorial: Working In-Context ................................................................................................................253
Summary .........................................................................................................................................................259
Chapter 11: Creating Assembly Features........................ 261
Creating Assembly Cuts ............................................................................................................................262
Using the Feature Scope ..............................................................................................................264
Propagating features to parts ....................................................................................................264
Making Fillets and Chamfers in Assemblies ....................................................................................266
Creating Weld Beads..................................................................................................................................267
Working with Envelopes..........................................................................................................................270
Summary .........................................................................................................................................................272
Chapter 12: Using Parametric Links in Assemblies ................ 273
Using Equations in an Assembly ..........................................................................................................273
Tracking external references .....................................................................................................274
Renaming documents referenced by equations ................................................................274
Sharing equations ...........................................................................................................................275
Driving equations between parts ............................................................................................276
Following best practices ..............................................................................................................277
Using Link Values and Global Variables in Assemblies ..............................................................277
Working with Derived Sketches in Assemblies .............................................................................277
Using Inserted Parts to Communicate Parametric Control ......................................................278
Summary .........................................................................................................................................................280
Chapter 13: Editing, Evaluating, and Troubleshooting Assemblies .... 281
Working with Mates...................................................................................................................................281
Listing mates in the Mates folder.............................................................................................282
Listing mates under the component .......................................................................................283
Replacing features with mates ..................................................................................................284
Working with the View Mates tool ..........................................................................................285
Using the View Mate Errors window .....................................................................................287
Using the MateXpert ......................................................................................................................287
Editing mates ....................................................................................................................................289
Editing File Management Issues ...........................................................................................................292
Using Save options and Pack and Go ......................................................................................292
Replacing components .................................................................................................................294
Forming and dissolving subassemblies ................................................................................296
Moving parts in and out of subassemblies ..............................................................296
Moving mates from an assembly to a subassembly ............................................297
Evaluating Assemblies ..............................................................................................................................298
Using the AssemblyXpert ............................................................................................................298
Identifying FeatureManager symbols ....................................................................................300
Using the Isolate function ...........................................................................................................300
Using Reload .....................................................................................................................................301
Summary .........................................................................................................................................................302
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