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Tip: Set Up or Use a Default Template
If you have specified a default template, that template, or start model, is used for the assembly or configurable product. Using a template as a start model you can include critical layers, datum features, and views in the model. You can set the configuration file option template_cnfg_asm to specify the location of the configurable assembly template. Set the configuration file option start_model_dir to specify the location of an assembly start model or template.