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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Examining geometry</div>
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               <p class="para_td">How To</p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Making selections</div>
      <p class="para_division">You can select objects in three ways:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Pre-select objects before you open the dialog box. For example, to select all objects, press Ctrl-A. Ctrl-A can be pressed with any of these methods.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Open the dialog box, select objects first and then select check boxes.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Open the dialog box, select check boxes and then select objects.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">You can select any combination of geometry and check boxes. The software does not validate whether your selection matches the selected checks.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select objects.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select check boxes.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Examine Geometry</b> or press the middle mouse button.
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      <div class="title_division">Results</div>
      <p class="para_division">When the geometry examination completes, the dialog displays a result next to each selected option and potentially displays a <b class="uiTerm">Highlight All</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Unhighlight All</b> button. The following sections explain these buttons and the results.
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               <p class="para_th">Result</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Passed</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The selected geometry passed the selected test.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">No results</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The selected test does not match (is not applicable) to the selected entities.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Failed</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Some selected geometry failed the selected test. When this occurs, a highlight check box appears. When you click <b class="uiTerm">Highlight</b>, the software highlights the failed geometry. You can set the highlight color using <b class="uiTerm">Preferences</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Modeling</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">General</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Examine Geometry</b> page&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Diagnostics</b>.
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      </table><br><p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Highlight All</b> button &mdash; Highlights all the geometry that failed selected tests.
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      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Unhighlight All</b> button &mdash; Clears all the geometry that failed selected tests.
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      <p class="para_division">To remove highlighting:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Press F5 or select Refresh.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">You can view information about the geometry examination by clicking Information.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Making the Examine Geometry button available</div>
      <p class="para_division">After each geometry examination, the <b class="uiTerm">Examine Geometry</b> button becomes unavailable. To make the <b class="uiTerm">Examine Geometry</b> button available, do one of the following:
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            <p class="para_item">De-select and re-select a check box.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select an unselected check box.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Change the selected objects by either selecting or deselecting an object.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Change a tolerance value.</p>
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