How to Create a New Department and Registry
- Last UpdatedNov 10, 2025
- 3 minute read
When the Create Assembly Hierarchy form is displayed, a default name will be offered and the form will look similar to that shown in Figure 2:5 below.

Figure 2:5. The Create Assembly Hierarchy form
To create a new DEPT and automatically create a single REGIS
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If the default Department name is not satisfactory, you can change it by clicking in the Department text box and modifying the text.
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Ensure that the Automatically Create Registry toggle is checked
.
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Click on the
button and both the DEPT and REGIS will be created.
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If you wish to set the relevant element attributes, click on the relevant
button. The relevant standard attribute form will be displayed.
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If you are happy with the results click on the
button.
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If you wish to abort the creation of elements, click on the
button. The Confirm form will be displayed.
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Confirm whether you wish to cancel or not.

To create a new DEPT and manually create a single REGIS
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Click on the Automatically Create Registry toggle gadget to uncheck it

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Click on the Department
button and the DEPT will be created
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If the default Registry name is not satisfactory, you can change it by clicking in the Registry text box and modifying the text.
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Click on the Registry
button and the REGIS will be created
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If you are happy with the results click on the
button.
To create a new Registry in an existing Department:
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Select the relevant DEPT in the Explorer tree-view.

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Click on
button
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Click on the Registry
button and the REGIS will be created.