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Save Assembly

(Standard Interface) File → Save As → Assembly            Shared Dialog Box
Saves an assembly, and optionally renames it, to the selected database or directory. Use this dialog box to create new assembly variants or update an existing variant's definition.
 
For the option:
Do the following:
Assembly Name
Select the assembly you want to save and, optionally, rename. The menu lists all open assemblies.
New Assembly Name (optional)
Enter a new name for the assembly.
Select one of the following options: Existing variant, New variant, Delete asy variants, Delete all variants
Existing variant
Select the existing variant you wish to update.
New variant
Enter a name to create a new subsystem variant.
Delete asy variants
Select this option to remove all assembly variant definitions from the assembly file. The current state will be the new "default".
Delete all variants
Select this option to remove all assembly and subsystem variant definitions. The current state will be the new "default".
Assembly class
Select the assembly class (suspension, full_vehicle and so on) of the selected variant.
File Format
Select the file format Adams Car should use when saving the new file to the target database:
■ASCII - Saves the file in the traditionally used format. See TeimOrbit File Format.
■Binary - Saves the file in binary format. Adams Car reads binary assembly files much faster than ASCII assembly files. Learn about binary assemblies. Learn about binary assemblies.
■XML - Saves the file in an industry-standard data format. See XML File Format.
Target
Select either Database or Directory.
■Database - The target database for the assembly. The menu lists all writable databases.
■Directory - Select a directory in which to write the assembly file.
Save modified subsystems
Select one of the following:
■No – modified subsystems will not be saved.
■As active variant – modified subsystems will be saved as their active variant.
■As assembly variant – modified subsystems will be saved as a variant name matching the selected assembly variant name.
Close assembly after save
Select if you want to close the assembly after saving it.
Include Parameter & Hardpoint comments
By default, ASCII assembly files will include parameter variable and hardpoint tables with comment lines. If you wish to turn off these comment lines, deselect this toggle.
If you selected ASCII or XML File Format, the following option is displayed:
Assembly objects
If turned on, select any objects created at the assembly-level (in the Standard Car or the View Interface) that you wish to save to the assembly file, such as a Vibration analysis, or simulation scripts. This option is only available for ASCII and XML formatted assembly files, as binary assembly files already contain all assembly objects.
Select to display a dialog box where you can add multi-line comments to any entity, to describe its purpose and function. Your template-based product displays different comments dialog boxes, depending on the entity type for which you want to record comments:
■If recording comments for modeling entities in Standard Interface, your template-based product displays the Entity Comments dialog box.
■If recording comments for any other entity type, your template-based product displays the Modify Comment dialog box.
Learn about Recording Comments.
Database Info
Select to display the Information window, which lists currently available databases. Learn about Working with the Information Window.