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Creating a New Assembly
Multiple Occurrences of the Same Item
Instance Names
The instance identifier, which comes after the class name and underscore (_) in the
component, is unique for each instance. The system assigns numbers as instance
identifiers, beginning with 1 and incrementing by 1 for each subsequent instance of
the component. You can change the instance identifier to be more product-specific.
For example, change whl_assy_1 and whl_assy_2 to axle_front and
axle_back. Use Change Component to change a component’s instance name.
This procedure is described in Chapter 7, “Changing the Assembly Structure”.
If you change the class name of a component instance, it no longer has a
clone-type relationship with the remaining component instances of that class. You
cannot reestablish this relationship after it is removed.
Making a Change to Only One Instance of a
Component
Some commands can be chosen to operate on only one instance of a component or
all instances. Property sheets for these commands contain an All Instances toggle.
Other commands operate on all instances of the component you name (for
example, ADD COMPONENT).
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