Create

The Create statement is used to create a new Product Instance of the selected Product Type.

Also, see the ProductCreator behavior and TransportIn statement, which are alternate ways of creating or transporting products into the process.

RetainOffsetFromAssembly is used to control the position of products when Create statement is used to create Product Bundles. By default, it is false, and all products are created at zero offsets. By setting it to true, created product slots will be placed at their Assembly Slot’s offset, as defined in the AssemblyProductType.

Creating Assemblies
If the selected Product Type is an Assembly Product type, then an Assembly Instance is created. Typically, assemblies are created in their fully-assembled state, meaning that every assembly slot where DefaultProductType is assigned will be filled with a new Product Instance of that type. Note that a slot’s DefaultProductType can also refer to an Assembly Product Type, in which case the new Assembly Instance for the slot will be created in its fully-assembled state.

With assemblies, it’s also possible to select which assembly steps will be filled with new Product Instances, see AssemblySteps and IncludeChildSteps properties. Note that, to create Assembly Instances, the first assembly step must be selected. If the first assembly step is not selected, this statement will sequentially create one or more Product Bundles.

To explain this, consider that typically an assembly consists of a base product with child product hierarchies. Suppose the first step is not selected and an Assembly Instance with a base product is not created. In that case, all remaining separate product hierarchies contained in the selected steps are created as Product Bundles.

Note that, in assemblies, the first slot in an assembly step is typically considered to be the parent for all slots in child assembly steps. This information is used to divide the selected assembly steps and the slots in them into Product Bundles. Also note that Product Bundles do not contain the additional slot hierarchy data that an Assembly Instance carries, so one may not use e.g. the GetAssembly statement to examine the contents of Product Bundles.

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