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Fully Associative Assemblies: Top-
down and Bottom-up Design Techniques |
For medical product design, fully associative assemblies are critical for effectively using bottom-up and top-down assembly design techniques. When a change is made to any SolidWorks file, that change is automatically made in all associated files.
- Bottom-up associative design encompasses the creation of new components and integration of these with existing components into assemblies. Each of these parts can be edited within the assembly as needed.
- Top-down associative design involves working with an existing assembly to develop new components for use with that assembly. Because new components reference existing parts in the assembly, any changes made to any of the parts are reflected throughout the design. Top-down associative design techniques allow designers to capture design intent easily and automatically, including inter-part relationships.
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