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Using Motion Skeletons - WF4 2/09

Unless you're in the discrete widget business, all product definition involves, at least at some level, an assembly.  Though an assembly can be built up one piece at a time, arguably the most efficient technique, is to design using a top down methodology.  Using a skeleton model to tie the whole assembly together has been shown to be very effective.  Managing the development of assembly mechanisms using a skeleton however has introduced some special challenges.  As of Wildfire 3.0 Pro/ENGINEER introduced a special skeleton to solve just this problem.
Today, let's discuss Motion Skeletons!

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