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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating a .prt file</div>
      <hr noshade="true"><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap288"></a><p class="para_topic">Create a .prt file by choosing the <b class="uiTerm">File</b> menu or click the <b class="uiTerm">New</b> button on the <b class="uiTerm">Standard</b> toolbar. 
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      <p class="para_topic">Select a template file in the dialog box.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">If you are running NX in native mode, name the file and use the system browse tool to identify a folder.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">If you are running NX with Teamcenter, the dialog box will have additional attributes to enter to create a new item. </p>
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      <p class="para_topic">In either case, after you click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> in the dialog box, click <b class="uiTerm">Save</b> to create the file on the operating system or to store the item in the database. Click <b class="uiTerm">Save</b> also to save new versions of the file or item.
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      <p class="para_topic">When you create a new .prt file, in most cases you create it as a &ldquo;<a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/03topic_7.html');return(false);">master model</a>.&rdquo; Create a non-master file to create a drawing which references another file.
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">Remember that units are defined when you create the .prt file. If you later want to change the units, there is an external utility to convert the units of .prt files. </p>
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