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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Patterns</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Use this option to duplicate standard parts, to add standard information (such as borders, lines, text and title blocks) to your file, and to reduce the size of your current part file.</p>
      <p class="para_topic"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_pat_a.html');return(false);">About Patterns</a> |  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_pat_consider_r.html');return(false);">Pattern Considerations</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th">Option</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_pat_retrieve_d.html');return(false);">Retrieve Pattern</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Retrieves the pattern data representing the points, lines, arcs, conics, splines, b-curves, dimensions, drafting objects, sheets, and solids in a pattern master part file, and displays them as a single pattern object in your current part file.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_pat_expand_r.html');return(false);">Expand Pattern</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Imports the individual objects, which make up the pattern object directly into your current part file, and deletes the pattern object.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_pat_update_d.html');return(false);">Update Pattern</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Re-retrieves pattern data to reflect any changes that may have been incorporated in the pattern master part file while your current part is open.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_pat_replace_d.html');return(false);">Replace Pattern</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Replaces the current pattern master part file with another while maintaining the same scale, origin, and orientation.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_pat_editdisplay_m.html');return(false);">Edit Display Parameters</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Changes the display status of the origin marker, the max/min box, and the control points of the pattern objects.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">List Associated Parts</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Displays the Information window with all pattern master part files referenced by pattern objects for the current part file. Pattern master part files referenced within other loaded parts in the session are also shown.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_pat_listerrors_m.html');return(false);">List Pattern Errors</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Displays the Information window with all errors that occurred during the last pattern operation.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_pat_createpts_m.html');return(false);">Create Pattern Point</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Creates pattern points anywhere in the pattern master part file.</p>
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