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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Examine Geometry</b> dialog analyzes a solid body, face, or edge for conditions of interest. These conditions can range from the detection of corrupt data structures to warnings concerning the geometric form of faces and edges. The system cannot automatically correct such conditions, but it highlights them, giving you the opportunity to fix them yourself.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Objects to Examine</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Select Object</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you select objects for examination.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Checks to Perform / Results to Highlight</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Set All</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Selects all tests for the analysis.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Clear All</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Deselects all tests.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Object Checks / Post Check Status</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Tiny</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Searches for all tiny bodies, faces, edges, or curves in the selected bodies or geometry.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Misaligned</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Checks all of the selected geometry that is close to being orthogonal with respect to the WCS, but is not exactly aligned with it.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Body Checks / Post Check Status</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Data Structures</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Checks each selected body for data structure problems, such as corruption.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Consistency</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Checks each selected body for inconsistencies.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Face Intersections</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Examines each selected body for face-to-face intersections, and checks that all faces of the selected body meet each other at their edges and nowhere else.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Sheet Boundaries</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Searches for all of the boundaries (or gaps) in the selected bodies.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Face Checks / Post Check Status</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Smoothness</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Checks the B-surfaces to make sure the surfaces are smooth along their patch boundaries.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Self-Intersection</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Checks for faces that self-intersect.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Spikes/Cuts</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Searches the selected faces for possible spikes or cuts.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Edge Checks / Post Check Status</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Smoothness</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Searches for all edges whose adjoining faces do not join smoothly.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Tolerances</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Checks the tolerance of all the selected edges against the distance tolerance.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Check Criteria</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Distance</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">The distance tolerance.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Angle</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">The angle tolerance.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Examine Geometry</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Initiates the geometry examination process. </p>
                  <p class="para_td">Once the geometry examination is complete, <b class="uiTerm">Results to Highlight</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Post Check Status</b>, and the<b class="uiTerm"> Information</b> icon appear on the dialog. 
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