# Update

## Command Description

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The Update command updates all structured item numbers in dependent subassemblies of the current (main) assembly.

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For new Inventor versions, this command is obsolete because Inventor updates the items automatically.
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This command acts on the current active assembly only.
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This command is to be run in the main assembly only.
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A schematic image of the process is in the image below.

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### Summary of changes to the BOM performed by the command (a comparison matrix)

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## Command Location

* Assembly environment (`Be.Smart T4I -> BOM panel`, `Assemble -> Manage panel`).

## Command Settings

This command has no settings.

## Workflow Overview

1. Change the structured item number of the subassembly.
2. Run the command.

## Description of changes performed by the command

First, only the subassembly item number was changed. After running the command, all dependant item numbers were updated.

| Structured main assembly BOM after changing the subassembly item number                            | Subassembly item numbers after applying the command                                                |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/ZSEaukXZvekl0qIsJpTb/blobs/luS0UKi4SvSdlPvxpPf0/image.png) | ![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/ZSEaukXZvekl0qIsJpTb/blobs/KIaGI7b4MdgwUHZCVbVi/image.png) |
