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Specifies the properties for the assembly connection that you are placing or editing.

Assembly Connection Properties

Activates the Assembly Connection Properties Dialog (Members). You can use this dialog to specify additional properties that you cannot set on the ribbon.

Select Member/Connection

Available automatically so that you can select the frame connection or the member for which you want to place assembly connections.

Finish

Click to place the assembly connection the model.

Cancel

Rejects the selected object.

Accept

Confirms that the selected members, is the member to place assembly connections for. The software displays in tentative mode the results of the assembly connection.

Condition

Specifies how you want the software to handle existing assembly connections when you try to place a new assembly connection at the same location. Select Retain existing to keep the existing assembly connection. Select Update existing to replace the existing assembly connection with the new assembly connection.

By Rule

Select to allow the software to select the assembly connection to use based on the selected member parts and their orientation to each other.

Type

Select the assembly connection type to use. If you select By Rule, the software determines the correct assembly connection to use based on the geometry between the member parts, and this option is unavailable. If you select More, all available assembly connections display from which you can select the assembly connection to use. See Member Assembly Connections for more information.

Member Part Parent

Select to make the member part the parent object of the assembly connection. Clear this option to specify a generic system, using the System box, to be the assembly connection parent. Assembly connections created using member parts as their parents can be edited to have a system parent later if needed.

System

Select the system to which the assembly connection belongs. You can define new systems in the Systems and Specifications task. This option is unavailable if you select Member Part Parent. Assembly connections created using a system as their parent can be edited to have a member part as their parent later if needed.

Name

Specify the name of the assembly connection.