# Create and Auto Create Assemblies

**Create Assemblies** – creates Assemblies from selected elements, creates Views with dimensions and tags automatically, and place Views on Assembly Sheets according to selected Shop Drawing Configuration.

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### Workflow example

1. Select a few Structural Columns (no need to select hosted details - they will be automatically included in the Assembly)

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2. Click **Create Assemblies** command
3. Select a Configuration
4. Click **Create**

### **Result**

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5 Assemblies have been created. All hosted details are automatically included in the Assembly. Dimensioned views are automatically created and placed onto the Assembly Sheet.

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### Auto Create Assemblies

**Auto Create Assemblies** – creates Smart Assemblies according to the Shop Drawing Configuration, which is defined in the 'Smart Assembly Configuration' type parameter.

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**Smart Assembly Configuration** parameter is created as a shared Type parameter for all supported categories at the moment you create the first assembly in the project.

**Auto Create Assemblies** will create Assemblies from different elements with different configurations without asking to choose a configuration.

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To use Auto Create Assemblies:

1. Enter Smart Assemblies configuration names to the **Smart Assemblies Configuration** type parameter (as be family or project parameter) for families in a project.
2. Select all elements that have Smart Assemblies configuration name in said parameter and Mark parameter values. Run **Auto Create Assemblies** command.
3. Assemblies with specified Configurations will be created for all selected elements.

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