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Question asked by Brian Long on Feb 2, 2009
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I have an assembly with two parts in it. They are inserts. The assembly will be used to make new inserts with different shapes cut into them. I would like to create an assembly template with these two parts in it, but I keep getting a message that says that "A document which references other documents may not be saved as a template". Is there anyway around this?

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Matthew Lorono Feb 2, 2009 6:59 PM
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No because you cannot do just what you are asking it to do. You cannot reference external files within a template.

Also, it seems you may be using templates to do something that just isn't necessary. All you need is an assembly of your components to start with and them "save as" to whatever new name you like for the specific changes for that file.
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- Mark Kaiser @ Matthew Lorono on Feb 2, 2009 7:20 PM
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  Why not use one assembly file and multiple configs to represent the various cuts? Are you saving the assembly file out as a part to use cut features not available in assembly mode? You could still use one part file with multiple configs if you're saving your assembly out to a part.
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- Brian Long @ Matthew Lorono on Feb 3, 2009 3:22 PM
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  Matthew Lorono wrote:
  
  No because you cannot do just what you are asking it to do. You cannot reference external files within a template.
  
  Also, it seems you may be using templates to do something that just isn't necessary. All you need is an assembly of your components to start with and them "save as" to whatever new name you like for the specific changes for that file.
  
  That is what I am trying to get away from. Right now I am opening the base assembly and then doing a pack-n-go. Close the base assembly and open the new assembly and start making the changes.
  
  Thanks for all the replys.
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Jack Pryne Feb 2, 2009 11:02 PM
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Could these cuts be defined by rules ala Driveworks Xpress? You might be able to create a form which generates the custom inserts from a simple user-input form. This would use your "archtypal" parts within a sort of "template". Just an idea.
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Deepak Gupta Feb 3, 2009 3:31 AM
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You can add those part to Library and can call them every time when you start a new assembly.
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