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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle"> Automatic File Conversion Between Machines</div>
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      <p class="para_topic"> With the V9 and later releases only, NX has the capability to automatically convert particular file types (excluding part files) between heterogeneous machine operating systems under certain conditions (Part files are excluded since they are converted automatically when the part file is opened). The following is a list of the file types supported.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> File Type</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> File Extension</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> cl-files</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> .clf</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> post machine files</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> .mdf</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> pixel files</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> .pix</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> symbol font file</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> .sbf</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> pattern facet</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> .fac</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"> The conditions under which conversion automatically occurs depends on the setting of the variable UGII_MACHINE_FORMAT, whether the machine is going to read or write the file, and the transfer protocol.</p>
      <p class="para_topic"> The variable can be set to:</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Variable Setting</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Machine Type</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> UNX</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> UNIX</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> ULT</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Windows</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"> The variable affects how the file type is read or saved (write). The tables below describe the effect of setting the variable.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">  The word variable refers to UGII_MACHINE_FORMAT in the following tables.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Other files</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Variable not set</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> defaults to machine type</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Variable set</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> uses variable setting to determine machine type</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Other files</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> defaults to machine type</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Variable set</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> uses variable setting to determine machine type</p>
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