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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Units Manager</div>
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Units Manager</b> lets you make changes to units of measure and create new unit systems. Create a custom unit when you want to use a unit other than the available five standard units. New information from each <b class="uiTerm">Units Manager</b> session dynamically updates in all key dialogs. 
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      <div class="title_division">Where Do I Find It?</div>
      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Analysis</b>&rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Units </b>&rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Units Manager</b></p>
      <div class="title_division">Procedure</div>
      <p class="para_division">To set a custom unit:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">New Unit</b>. 
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            <p class="para_item">Select a measure type, for example <b class="uiTerm">Length</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Area</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Volume</b>. 
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            <p class="para_item">Fill in the information for your custom unit.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Add Unit</b>.
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      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Units Manager</b> dialog remains open. To make your custom unit the default: 
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            <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">New Name</b> in the <b class="uiTerm">Unit Name</b> menu.  
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            <p class="para_item">Check the <b class="uiTerm">Default Unit</b> check box.   
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Update Unit</b>.  
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      <p class="para_division">Your custom unit is stored until you change it or exit NX. It is not saved. You can create a custom unit for each measure. Use the Information window to review your current defaults.   </p>
      <div class="title_division">Writing Custom Units to a File</div>
      <p class="para_division">You can make your custom units available to all of your parts by writing them to a default file. To do this, set the following environment variable:</p><pre class="indent">UGII_UNITS_WRITE_FILE = 1</pre><p class="para_division">Setting this environment variable adds a new option to the <b class="uiTerm">Units Manager</b> dialog, <b class="uiTerm">Write File</b>. When you add a new unit, click the <b class="uiTerm">Write File</b> button to specify an .xml file name and destination directory.
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      <p class="para_division">You can specify a default .xml file name and directory with the following environment variable (the directory path and file name shown are examples):</p><pre class="indent">UGII_UNITS_USER_DEFINED_FILE = directory\units.xml</pre></body>
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