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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Opening an Existing Part</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">To open an existing part:</p>
      <div class="title_division">Using Drag and Drop</div>
      <p class="para_division">You can drag and drop part files from Windows Explorer or any other valid file list to the NX Graphics Window. NX intelligently handles each part file and takes the most appropriate action. Use it to open a file, create a non-master drawing from a template, or add a component from the native file system on Windows or UNIX.</p>
      <p class="para_division">To drag and drop a part file: </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select a part file in Windows Explorer or another valid list of files.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Drag and drop the file into the NX Graphics Window. NX will determine which action to take based on the file, such as open the file, add it to the work part as a component, or add the work part to the dropped part in order to make use of a drawing template file.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"> Select <b class="uiTerm">File</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Open</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">This opens the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('shared_func/index.html?goto=shared_func/fil_open_d.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Open Part File</b> dialog box</a>. This dialog box displays a preview image of the selected part file. Use it to view part files without first opening them in an NX session, avoiding opening the wrong part file. This feature is available only in Windows for parts saved in NX. To disable file previewing, clear the <b class="uiTerm">Preview</b> check box.
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            <p class="para_item">Double-click the file you want to open, or select a file from the <b class="uiTerm">Files</b> list box and click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>, or If you know the filename, place the cursor in the <b class="uiTerm">File</b> name field and enter the part name, and click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>. If NX cannot find the part name, it displays an error message.
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