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Simplified representations improve the regeneration, retrieval, and display times of assemblies, so you can work more efficiently. Use simplified representations to control which components of an assembly are brought into session and displayed. For example, to speed the regeneration and display process, you can temporarily remove a complicated and unrelated subassembly from your portion of the assembly.

You can create multiple simplified representations for an assembly. Each simplified representation can correspond to an area or level of detail of the assembly in which individual designers or groups are working. The name of the active simplified representation appears in the graphics window. You can simplify an assembly by excluding components in a particular representation or substituting one component (part or assembly) for another. Substitutions can simplify your working environment, while still including critical geometry.