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Press F7 to open the Domain Explorer, and expand the hierarchy to the hook-up type level in the Hook-Ups folder.
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In the tree view pane, select the Hook-Ups folder to display all the existing hook- up types and hook-ups.
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Right-click one or more hook-up types or hook-ups and select Actions > Associate Items with hook-Ups.
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On the dialog that opens, the software displays all the items available in the library you set in the Reference Explorer as the active item library.
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In the dialog panes, you can double-click a column header to sort the items in ascending order. Double-click again to sort the items in a descending order.
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In the dialog panes, there is a vertical bar that you can drag to the right and view your data in a split display. To find the vertical bar, place the cursor to the left of the left scroll box arrow so that the cursor changes its shape as shown:
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Under Items available for association, select one or more hook-up items and select Associate.
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Drag the selected items to the Associated items pane.
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In the Quantity column, type a value for the quantity of items for a Bill of Material. For example, if you associated a male connector and the current hook-up requires twenty male connectors, type 20.
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In the Spares Percentage column, type or modify the percentage of total units of measure specified for the current hook-up item on the Hook-Up Item Properties dialog.
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The software uses the values that you add in the Quantity and Spares Percentage columns when calculating the total quantity of items for a Bill of Material. For details, see Calculating the Total of Hook-Up Items for a Bill of Material.
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After associating hook-up items with a hook-up, the software generates new sequence numbers automatically and displays the numbers in the Order column, where you can sort the items by their order of their assignment to a hook-up. You can type a new sequence number if needed. You can open a Bill of Material and sort the items by the item order. For more information, see Sort Data in a Bill of Material.