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To Define Dimension Boundaries for Flexibility
1. Open an assembly.
2. Choose one of the following items:
A flexible component—Select the component, right-click it in the Model Tree or graphics window and choose from the shortcut menu. The Component Placement tab opens. Click Flexibility > Varied Items. The Varied Items dialog box opens.
A component without defined flexibility—Select the component, right-click it in the Model Tree or graphics window and choose Make Flexible from the shortcut menu, or click Edit > Make Flexible. The Component tab opens with the Varied Items dialog box open.
3. On the Dimensions tab, click to add an item with varied dimensions, if none exists.
4. Click . The Varied Dimension Table Column Setup dialog box opens.
5. Select New Dim Bound in the Not Displayed list and click to add it to the Displayed list.
6. Click OK.
7. Select a value limit from the New Dim Bound list:
Upper—Sets the dimension value to its maximum (generates geometry based on a nominal dimension value plus the tolerance).
Middle—Sets the dimension value to the nominal value plus the mean of the upper and lower tolerance values.
Lower—Sets the dimension value to its minimum (generates geometry based on a nominal dimension value minus the tolerance).
Nominal—Sets the dimension value to nominal (generates geometry based on exact ideal dimensions).
8. Click OK.
9. Click .