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Assembly / Device

An assembly (or a device) is an item designed mainly for assembling units composed of other library items. Creating such a unit in the Library environment makes it possible to place all the assembled parts together in the workspace / workdesk environment in one step.

The Break up in bill of materials check box (available in the Advanced section of the properties panel of an assembly) influences the appearance of a placed assembly in the workspace / workdesk and in reports. If the check box is not activated (which is the default), the assembly acts as an integral entity and there is just one item for the assembly in reports. If the check box is activated, the assembly is not displayed in reports at all. Each subpart will then have its own supplier and manufacturer displayed, and it can be decided separately (using the In bill of materials check box of the Advanced section) if it should be displayed in bill of materials reports or not.

Attached parts of an assembly are always displayed in bill of materials reports independently of the settings described above. Attached parts of assembly subparts are, however, managed differently: mandatory attached parts are placed automatically (together with the assembly), whereas the optional ones are always ignored.

Activating the Wire harness separator check box in the Advanced section of the properties of an assembly in the workspace / workdesk allows to assign each assembly subpart to a different harness.

Wires and cables can be connected to assembly-specific connectable objects (connectors, connectable objects, terminals) by means of so-called connection pins.

Information on the used assembly composition is available in the General section of the properties panel.

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