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Basic assembly techniques

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Basic assembly techniques

The tools for assembling sheet metal parts are the same tools that we used to assemble solid parts. However, there are a few tricks that will make things a little bit easier. To get started, let's take a look at this assembly here. I've got a Base feature here, which is the starting feature of my assembly, it's fixed at the origin. I've got a circuit board here that we've created with a few different connectors that are on there. I've got some PEM hardware here for some standoffs. And I've got a little screw over here to connect the parts together. Okay. So, first things first, let's take a look at how this part was created. Number one is, if I open that part, I can see that I have a origin right at the center of my part. And that's really important to do. If you have an origin at the center, that means you also have a right plane at the center, you've got a top plane at the bottom of the part, and you got a front plane right in the center. So, that makes it perfect for using some…

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