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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap656"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_build_section.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Build Section</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">This command does not exist, since NX does not create sections as a separate object outside of the commands that use sketches.</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_18.html');return(false);">Haystack geometry</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_18.html#qt_parts_selection_intent');return(false);">Selection Intent</a></p>
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap657"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_extract.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Extract</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To extract curves: </p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_extract_curve.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Curves from Bodies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Extract</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">This operation creates <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_15.html');return(false);">non-sketch curves</a>. You can project these curves to a sketch and add them to it.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To extract geometry: </p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_extract_geo.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Associative Copy</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Extract</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">The result is a new body in the .prt file.</p>
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap658"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_attach.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Attach</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To add non-sketch curves to a sketch: </p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_add_existing_curves.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Add Existing Curves</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Sketch Operations</b> toolbar)
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To project curves to a sketch:</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_project_2sketch.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Project</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Sketch Operations</b> toolbar)
            </p><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap659"></a><p class="para_defMeaning">To reattach a sketch to a different face:</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_reattach.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Reattach</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Sketcher</b> toolbar)
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To reposition a sketch using positioning dimensions:</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_create_positioning_dim.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Create Positioning Dimensions</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Sketcher</b> toolbar)
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap660"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_cross_section.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Cross Section</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_32.html');return(false);">dynamically clip</a> an object and to create section curves, use the command:
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_section.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">View</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Operation</b>  &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Section</b></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To create section curves on a datum plane:</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_section_curve.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Curves From Bodies</b>  &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Section</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">This operation creates <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_15.html');return(false);">non-sketch curves</a>. You can project these curves to a sketch and add them to it.
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_32.html');return(false);">Clipping</a></p>
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