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      <p class="para_topic">When importing a CGM, Unigraphics NX must decide which UG width to use for the geometry being created, based on the width information in the CGM. To do so, the UG width to which the scaled or absolute CGM width is closest is determined. The following default values are used for the three UG widths:</p>
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               <p class="para_th">UG Width</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Absolute CGM Width</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Normal</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> 0.45 mm</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Thick</p>
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               <p class="para_td">0.9 mm</p>
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               <p class="para_td">3.0</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Thin</p>
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               <p class="para_td">0.15 mm</p>
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               <p class="para_td">1.0</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">If you intend to import a CGM from another system that uses different absolute or scaled width values, you may need to use the following keywords to specify how such values should be mapped to UG widths.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">IMPORT_ABSOLUTE_WIDTH [NORMAL,THICK,THIN] value_mm</p>
      <p class="para_topic">This keyword allows you to specify a new value (in millimeters) against which absolute width values from the CGM will be compared to determine which UG width to use.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">IMPORT_SCALED_WIDTH [NORMAL,THICK,THIN] scale</p>
      <p class="para_topic">This keyword allows you to specify a new scale against which scale width values from the CGM are compared to determine which UG width to use. (This keyword does not apply to CGMs created by Unigraphics NX with widths represented as UG pen numbers, unless the IMPORT_WIDTH_PENS_AS_SCALES keyword was previously specified.)</p>
      <p class="para_topic">IMPORT_WIDTH_PENS_AS_SCALES</p>
      <p class="para_topic">This keyword only applies to CGMs with widths represented by UG pen numbers. This would be CGMs created by Unigraphics NX prior to version 14.0, and CGMs created with the EXPORT_WIDTH_MODE set to PENS. Prior to version 14.0, Unigraphics NX' CGM interpreter always interpreted width values as UG width pen numbers. When importing CGMs created by Unigraphics NX with UG pen numbers, this will continue to be the case, so that no action is required to maintain the same behavior. If, however, when exporting CGMs, you formerly mapped the pen numbers to reflect reasonable scale values, and you now want to import these CGMs into Unigraphics NX, you can have the width values be interpreted as normal scale values by specifying this keyword.</p>
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