Comparing CAD and Part Association Types
The following table lists the association types that you can establish between CAD documents and Windchill parts with a summary of their characteristics.
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Association Type
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Creates Structure
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Enables Attribute Passing
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Related Part Participates in Structure
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Number of Associations Allowed in Windchill
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Owner
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True
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True
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True
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>1
A CAD document can have an association with manyWindchill parts using this type.
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Contributing Image
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False
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True
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True
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1
A CAD document can only be associated to one Windchill part using this type.
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Image
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False
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False
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True
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>1
Many CAD documents can be associated to the same Windchill part. However, a single CAD document cannot be associated to multiple Windchill parts using this type.
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Contributing Content
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False
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True
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False
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1
Only one CAD document can be associated to a given Windchill part using this type, but the same CAD document can be associated to multiple parts with this type.
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Content
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False
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False
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False
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>1
Many CAD documents can be associated to the same Windchill part using this type.
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Some build rules containing a representation build link (that is, for Owner, Contributing Image, and Contributing Content associations) require the part to be iterated during a build. In other words, associating or disassociating a part and CAD document having those associations requires that the part be checked out and checked back in.
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