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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Model Compare - Procedure</div>
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               <p class="para_td">Overview</p>
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               <p class="para_td">How To</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/anl_mdlcompare_dialog.html');return(false);">Options</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">To perform a simple model comparison follow these steps:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Open the <b class="uiTerm">Analysis</b>&rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Model Compare</b> option.
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            <p class="para_item">Set the Identical, Changed, and Unique  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/anl_mdlcompare_dialog.html');return(false);">Display</a> options for the faces and edges of Part 1 and Part 2 as desired, or accept the default settings.
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            <p class="para_item">If these are related parts, select one or more bodies in part 1 that you wish to compare. If you want to compare all of the bodies in the parts, use the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/anl_mdlcompare_dialog.html');return(false);">Select All Bodies in Each Part</a> option. This way you only have to select a single seed body in each part, and the system will select the rest. The two parts must be related in order to use this option.
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            <p class="para_item">For non-related parts, select one body in part 1.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Use the Window pull-down menu to change to the second part. Select one or more bodies for related parts, or a single body for non-related parts. A three-view display opens in the graphics window, one for part 1, one for part 2 and a third overlap view of both parts.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/anl_mdlcompare_dialog.html');return(false);">Compare Features and Expressions</a> option if you want to include features and expressions in the comparison report.
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            <p class="para_item">Click Apply. The comparison of the two models is generated and shown in the three graphics windows. The views are color-coded according to the Display option settings to show identical, changed and unique edges and faces.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Use the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/anl_mdlcompare_dialog.html');return(false);">Display</a> and  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/anl_mdlcompare_dialog.html');return(false);">Visibility and Translucency</a> options to dynamically change how the system portrays the comparisons of the Part 1, Part 2 and Overlap views.
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            <p class="para_item">In the sample image shown above changed faces appear tan for Part 1 and yellow for Part 2. Identical faces for both parts are light blue, and unique faces are light grey. You can dynamically change any of these color settings and part visibility settings and immediately see the results. You can assign color coding to edges as well as faces.</p>
            <p class="para_item">You can also perform the following options:</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Use  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/anl_mdlcompare_dialog.html');return(false);">Reposition Bodies</a> to optionally move the bodies relative to each other (this does not use the default absolute coordinate system for the positioning, which can sometimes confuse the view comparison).
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                  <p class="para_item">Use  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/anl_mdlcompare_dialog.html');return(false);">Rules for Classifying Faces</a> to modify the way the system determines when a face is identical, changed or unique.
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                  <p class="para_item">Use  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/anl_mdlcompare_dialog.html');return(false);">Display Matches</a> to see where edges and faces that match their counterparts on the other part are visible. 
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                  <p class="para_item">Use  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/anl_mdlcompare_dialog.html');return(false);">Create Report</a> to generate a report of the comparison that details the differences between the bodies in the two parts. 
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