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Creating the Master Part

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Creating the Upper Housing

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Creating the Left Button

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Changing the Master Part

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Creating the Housings

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Changing the Master Part

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Changing the Master Part

Changing the master part changes the derived parts and the assembly because they all reference the master part. In this example, you change the width of the mouse.

Tile the windows and display a Top view of MouseMultibody.SLDPRT and AssemblyMultibody.SLDASM.
In the master part (MouseMultibody.SLDPRT), in the FeatureManager design tree, expand Sweep1, right-click Sketch1 and select Edit Sketch .
Change these dimensions:
1. Change 30 to 25.
2. Change 125 to 95.
Exit the sketch.
If the part fails to rebuild and you get error messages, click Continue (Ignore Error) in the error message and Close in the What's Wrong dialog box, and then click Rebuild .
The master part, MouseMultibody.SLDPRT, rebuilds with the changed dimensions.
Click File > Save to This PC to save MouseMultibody.SLDPRT.

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