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This task shows you how to enter
Assembly Design workbench and open an existing product. |
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Select the Start > Mechanical Design > Assembly
Design command to launch the required workbench.
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The workbench is opened. The commands for
assembling parts are available in the toolbar to the right of the
application window. For information on these commands, please refer to
Product Structure documentation.
You can notice that Product1 is displayed in the specification
tree, indicating the building block of the assembly to be created. |
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To know how to use the commands available in the
Standard and View toolbars located in the application window border, please
refer to Infrastructure documentation. |
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Before following the scenario, set the following options:
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Make sure the option Work with the cache
system option is deactivated: use the Tools > Options command, click
Infrastructure > Product Structure to the left of the dialog
box that appears and uncheck the option Work with the cache system.
Do not forget to restart the application after turning off the cache.
For more information, refer to
Working with a Cache System.
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Use the Tools > Options command,
click Infrastructure > Product Structure to the left of the
dialog box that appears, then click the Product Structure tab
and uncheck the option Manual Input.
For more information, refer to
Customizing Product Structure Settings.
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Use the Tools > Options command,
click Infrastructure > Part Infrastructure to the left of the
dialog box that appears, then check the option Keep link with
selected Object.
For more information, refer to
Customizing General Settings.
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Note also that the default mode for the Update
capability is "manual". For the purposes of this scenario, set the
automatic mode. |
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Open the
Assembly_01.CATProduct document.
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Start the scenario with an existing
assembly. Product1 is composed of three parts created in the Part Design
Workbench:
From now on, these parts
are referred to as components |
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Surface and Coincidence constraints have been
defined for these parts in the Assembly workbench. |
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Click the + sign to the left of the Constraints
text in the tree and apply the show mode on these constraints if
you wish to view them in the geometry area.
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