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Contents
Running the analysis .....................................................................................424
Visualizing the results ....................................................................................424
Optimizing the design ...................................................................................426
Tutorial: Making Use of Editing and Evaluation Techniques .............................................427
Summary ..........................................................................................................................434Part III: Working with Assemblies 435
Chapter 12: Building Efficient Assemblies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Identifying the Elements of an Assembly ...........................................................................437
Standard reference geometry items ..........................................................................438
Assembly equations .................................................................................................439
External references ........................................................................................440
Link values and global variables ....................................................................440
Renaming ......................................................................................................440
Recommendations .........................................................................................440
Assembly layout sketch ...........................................................................................441
Virtual components .................................................................................................442
Assembly reference geometry ..................................................................................443
History-based and non-history-based portions of the assembly tree ........................443
Parts and subassemblies ..........................................................................................444
Folders ....................................................................................................................444
Mates ......................................................................................................................444
Assembly features ....................................................................................................444
Component patterns and mirror components ..........................................................444
In-context reference update holders ........................................................................445
Smart Fasteners .......................................................................................................445
Hole Series ..............................................................................................................446
Using SpeedPaks ...............................................................................................................447
Using ghosts ............................................................................................................447
Sharing self-contained data .....................................................................................447
Using SpeedPak with drawings ...............................................................................447
Using Subassemblies .........................................................................................................449
Creating subassemblies from existing parts .............................................................449
Insert a new subassembly ..............................................................................450
Dissolving subassemblies ...............................................................................450
Organizing for performance ....................................................................................451
Solving mates ................................................................................................451
Flexible subassemblies ...................................................................................451
Legacy data ....................................................................................................451
Organizing for the BOM ..........................................................................................452
Grouping subassemblies by relative motion ............................................................453