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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Reuse Library overview</div>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('shared_func/com_tools_reuse_howto.html');return(false);">How To</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Reuse Library</b> is a navigation tool, like the <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Navigator</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b>, that displays reusable content, such as standard parts and user defined features, in a hierarchal tree structure. Use the <b class="uiTerm">Reuse Library</b> to increase your productivity by accessing reusable content quickly as you design parts and assemblies. 
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      <p class="para_topic">Use the Reuse Library in native NX, or in conjunction with Teamcenter and Teamcenter Classification.  You can also use the Reuse Library with the <b class="uiTerm">NX Machinery Library</b> for fast access to industry standard parts.
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      <p class="para_topic">The Reuse Library also introduces the Knowledge Enabled part family or template.  A Knowledge Enabled part family or template provides smart insertion of components into assemblies through the <b class="uiTerm">Add Reusable Component</b> dialog box. Any part family or part template can become knowledge enabled by <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('shared_func/sf_ct_rl_create_krx.html');return(false);">creating a KRX file for it</a>.  All of the part families in the <b class="uiTerm">NX Machinery Library</b> are already knowledge enabled.
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                     <p class="para_td">Name</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">The Reuse Library tree structure</div>
      <p class="para_topic">You can navigate through the <b class="uiTerm">Reuse Library</b> as you would through the other navigators, using the plus <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/images/spe/plus.gif" border="0"> and minus <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/images/spe/minus.gif" border="0"> nodes to expand and collapse the containers.  After you find a part, you can drag it into the graphics window.
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      <p class="para_topic">You can also search for a container using the <b class="uiTerm">Tree Search</b>.  This search will return any OS folders, Teamcenter Folders and Teamcenter Classification Groups within the Reuse Library.
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      <div class="title_division">Reuse Library's behavior</div>
      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Reuse Library</b> behaves differently in different environments. The available options and folders depend on whether you run NX through Teamcenter Integration or in the native mode.
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                        <p class="para_item">Uses OS directories for Library Containers.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Includes <b class="uiTerm">Tree Search</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Member Select </b>areas.
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                        <p class="para_item">Uses Teamcenter folders or Teamcenter Classification groups for Library Containers.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Includes <b class="uiTerm">Tree Search</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Member Select</b> areas.
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                        <p class="para_item">Browses Teamcenter class hierarchies, Teamcenter folders.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body"> To use the Reuse Library within Teamcenter or Teamcenter Classification, you must have Teamcenter 2005 SR1 version or higher. </p>
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      <p class="para_division">Choose <b class="uiTerm">File</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Utilities</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Customer Defaults</b>. In the <b class="uiTerm">Customer Defaults</b> dialog box, under <b class="uiTerm">Gateway</b>, select <b class="uiTerm">Reuse Library</b>. On the General page, select the <b class="uiTerm">Display Reuse Library</b> check box. To include Teamcenter folders, use the syntax, <i class="pathName">&lt;display name&gt;|&lt;user name&gt;:&lt;TC folder name&gt;</i>. 
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      <p class="para_division">You must restart NX to apply the changes. After you restart, the <b class="uiTerm">Reuse Library</b> tab <img align="bottom" src="graphics/reuse_library.gif" border="0"> appears on the Resource Bar.
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