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Assembly Modeling

24.1. - Close the assembly without saving it; it will be recreated using an alternate

process using the SmartMates functionality. Open the 'Housing' part, and from the

"New" document icon select "Make Assembly from Part/Assembly" or the menu

"File, Make Assembly from Part." Make sure the "Machined" configuration is the

active before making the assembly. Just as

before, add the 'Housing' at the assembly's

origin to align the part with the assembly's

planes and origin. If the assembly's origin is [j New

hidden, turn it on using the menu "View,

Hide/Show, Origins" and drop the part in rE
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the origin or click OK in the "Begin

Assembly" command, this way the I:8J Shell [:?~Mirror

'Housing' will be automatically added at the

assembly's origin.

24.2. - Now, bring in the 'Side Cover' with the "Insert Component" command and

put it next to the 'Housing' using the "Machined" configuration, just as we did before

up to this point.

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