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      <p class="para_topic"> Imports the individual objects, which make up the pattern object directly into your current part file, and deletes the pattern object. Both the part file size and the object count increase.</p>
      <p class="para_topic"> To expand a pattern:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"> Select the pattern objects intended for expansion.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"> Set the following Expand Pattern parameters:</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body"> Expand Pattern works through use of the File&rarr;Import&rarr;Part function. This means that Expand Pattern has the same restriction as File&rarr;Import, namely that all pre-v10 part files must first be upgraded to v10 prior to Importing or Expanding them.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Option</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Group Mode</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Imports the objects as a group. The group, created by the objects of the imported part, retains its original filename (minus any extension, such as .prt) as a group name. Also, the part attributes of the imported part become the object attributes of the group.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Dest Layer: Work</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Places imported objects on the current work layer. Orig places an object on the layer it occupied in the pattern master part file, regardless of the current work layer status.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Retrieve Views</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Controls the retrieval of the user-defined views and view dependencies contained in the imported part. When set to Yes:</p>
               <p class="para_td"> All unique views are imported.</p>
               <p class="para_td"> Duplicate views are not imported.</p>
               <p class="para_td"> View-dependent objects and view-dependent modifications remain in effect.</p>
               <p class="para_td"> Layouts are imported.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic"> Set Retrieve Views to No to import only geometry or drawing borders.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"> Views are not imported.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"> All view-dependent geometry in the imported part becomes view-dependent on the current work view.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"> View-dependent modifications do not appear.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Option</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Parts List</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Sets the following parameters for importing the parts list data.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Import No Data</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Import the part without any parts list data.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Import Format Data</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Copies the parts list format data from the pattern master part file to your current part file.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Add Group To Parts List</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Imports a grouped part, and add that group to the current parts list.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Import All Data</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Format data and objects are added to the parts list in the current part.</p>
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