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To Create a Simplify Part in an Interchange Assembly
1. Open an interchange assembly.
2. Click Create. The Create Component dialog box opens.
3. Accept the default File Name or type a new one and click OK. The Creation Options dialog box opens.
4. Click one of the following options to create a simplify part:
Copy from existing—Copies the simplify part geometry from an existing part. Click Browse to select the part to copy. Click OK. The Component Placement tab opens. Define the part placement and click .
Locate default datums—Use one of the following methods to locate datum planes for a new simplify part:
Three planes—Select three orthogonal datum planes to which the default new simplify part datum planes will be assembled.
Axis normal to plane—Select a single datum plane and an axis that is normal to it. The new simplify part is created with a datum plane and an axis is used to place the new component.
Align csys to csys—Select a coordinate system in the interchange assembly. A new simplify part is created with a default coordinate system and default datum planes that is used to place the new component.
Empty—Create a simplify part with no geometry.
Create features—Create features for a new part. It appears as the active part in the Model Tree.
5. Click OK. The Simplify Component dialog box opens.
6. Select a functional component in the interchange assembly to be replaced by the selected simplify component. The Component Placement tab opens.
7. Define the part placement and click .
8. Set mass properties.
9. Click OK.