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
![](../../../assembly/asm/images/edit_definition20x20.png)
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
![](../../../assembly/asm/images/add_item.png)
to add an item with varied dimensions, if none exists.
4. Click
![](../../../assembly/asm/images/display_columns.png)
. The
Varied Dimension Table Column Setup dialog box opens.
5. Select
New Dim Bound in the
Not Displayed list and click
![](../../../assembly/asm/images/arrows_include_button_4.png)
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
![](../../../assembly/asm/images/cl_ok.png)
.