Assembly Design > Assembly Design > Using Assembly > Retrieving Assemblies > To Retrieve a Simplified Representation of an Assembly
To Retrieve a Simplified Representation of an Assembly
1. Click or File > Open. The File Open dialog box opens.
2. Select an assembly.
3. Click the arrow next to Open and select Open Representation.
4. Select a representation from the list or click Define to define a new simplified representation.
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When you set the regen_simp_retrieve configuration option to yes, the placement definitions can be regenerated on retrieval.
5. To evaluate rules, select the Evaluate Rules check box.
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For excluded components Parent/Child information is not available. Therefore rules involving Child Of type queries for excluded components will not evaluate correctly.
6. To open a legacy user defined representation as a temporary Automatic representation, click the arrow next to Open and click Open Automatic. All components included in the original representation are retrieved in automatic representation.
7. Click Open.
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If you saved a simplified representation when some of the assembly components were not in session, the system will not be able to open the assembly file.