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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Features</div>
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            <p class="defObject">Boolean- Cut, Join, Intersect</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX Boolean operations use the terms <b class="uiTerm">Subtract</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Unite</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Intersect</b>.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_31.html');return(false);">Boolean operations</a></li>
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap992"></a><p class="defObject">Catalog feature</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX form features are standard features defined by parameters, not by using a sketch.</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">User defined features (UDF) replace I-deas section, feature, and part catalogs</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_20.html');return(false);">Feature types</a><p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_22.html');return(false);">Form features</a></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_41.html');return(false);">User defined features</a></p>
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            <p class="defObject">Draft</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">Older versions of NX used the term <b class="uiTerm">Taper</b>. 
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">The newest version uses the term <b class="uiTerm">Draft</b>, the same as I-deas.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_29.html');return(false);">Feature operations</a></li>
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            <p class="defObject">Fillet</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX most often uses the term Blend.</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_29.html');return(false);">Feature operations</a></li>
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            <p class="defObject">Partition</p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">Trim</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/11qt_icon_function_map_26.html#qt_mm_5_3_a');return(false);">Partition, Split Surface</a></li>
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            <p class="defObject">Pattern</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">In NX, the <b class="uiTerm">Instance</b> command is used to create arrays of instances of features.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_30.html');return(false);">Mirror and pattern</a></li>
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            <p class="defObject">Reflect</p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">In NX, the <b class="uiTerm">Instance</b> command also creates mirrored instances of features.
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_30.html');return(false);">Mirror and pattern</a></li>
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            <p class="defObject">Shell</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">Older versions of NX used the command <b class="uiTerm">Hollow</b>. The newest version of NX now uses the name <b class="uiTerm">Shell</b>, the same as I-deas. 
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">The term &ldquo;faces to pierce&rdquo; is used instead of &ldquo;faces to delete.&rdquo;</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/11qt_icon_function_map_25.html#qt_mm_5_2b');return(false);">Shell</a><p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_29.html');return(false);">Feature operations</a></p>
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            <p class="defObject">Split</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">In NX, the operation of splitting a face is called Sub-Divide.</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See <b class="uiTerm">Edit</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Face</b>.
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/06qt_surface_5.html');return(false);">Working with sheet bodies</a><p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/11qt_icon_function_map_26.html#qt_mm_5_3_a');return(false);">Partition, Split Surface</a></p>
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