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Inserting components

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Inserting components

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- When we get to the assembly section of the exam, more than likely we're going to have to download a zip file with some parts in it and then build an assembly from those parts. So, as an example here, I have this one called ChainLinkAssembly, it's been downloaded. Notice it's a zip file. And depending on which software you have on your computer, it maybe WinZip or WinRAR, there's a whole bunch of different programs out there which work with zip files. But, most of the time Windows will have something pre-installed to unzip a file. So, if I right click on it, notice I have Extract Here or Extract Files. Sometimes it down under here... Send To, you can click this, Compress Zip Folder or UnCompress Zip Folder. It really depends on what software you have. But before you start taking the exam make sure that you've got some way to unzip a folder and get those files out. So, if I right click on this, I can expand that out. And notice I'll get this chain_link, long_pin, and short_pin. And…

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