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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Configuration File</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/vda_checker.html');return(false);">Check VDA-4955 Compliance Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/vda_criteria.html');return(false);">Description of the Check Criteria</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/vda_interact.html');return(false);">Checker Process</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Configuration File</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/vda_check_ov.html');return(false);">Check Criteria</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/vda_select.html');return(false);">Select Geometry Set</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/vda_topology.html');return(false);">Topological Information</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/vda_analysis.html');return(false);">Analysis Run</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/vda_results.html');return(false);">Results Viewing</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/vda_file_usage.html');return(false);">External File Usage</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The configuration group allows you to gather all relevant processing parameters and save or load them in a readable configuration file (*.cfg). The basic idea is to define a check criteria list one time, and then apply it to any number of NX part files. If the environment variable&nbsp;UGII_VDA4955_CFG_FILE is set to a valid configuration file this file is loaded when the VDA Checker is started.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Editing the configuration file contents manually, outside of NX, could damage your configuration. VDA Checker will not load incorrect entries. </p>
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      <div class="title_division">Load</div>
      <p class="para_division">Clicking the Load button opens the Load Configuration File dialog. Use this dialog to navigate to the desired directory and to specify the configuration file name.&nbsp;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Control</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Cancel</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The VDA Checker dialog reappears but nothing is loaded.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">OK</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The current configuration is loaded from the specified configuration file.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The configuration that existed prior to pushing the Load button is replaced by the one just loaded.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The updated VDA Checker dialog reappears.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Clicking the Save button updates the VDA Checker dialog with the current configuration, and saves it to the file previously specified during a Load or Save As dialog. In case a configuration file was not previously specified, the Save As dialog&nbsp;appears.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Save As</div>
      <p class="para_division">Lets you navigate to a desired directory where you can specify a configuration file name.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Edit Header</div>
      <p class="para_division">Clicking this button displays the Log File Header dialog. Use this dialog to edit multi-line text items and modify parts of the log file header.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Control</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Sending Organization</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specify name, address etc of the sender of the log file.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Receiving Organization</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specify name, address etc of the receiver of the log.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use this area as the &quot;note book&quot; of the log file (for the receiver of the log file).</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Reset&nbsp;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Resets all dialog multi line text items to the texts of the last configuration file loaded / saved or to the empty system defaults.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">OK</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The log file header is saved as part of the current configuration.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Terminate the Log File Header dialog.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The VDA Checker dialog reappears.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Back</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The current configuration remains unchanged.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Terminate the Log File Header dialog.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The VDA Checker dialog reappears.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Cancel</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Leave the VDA Checker.</p>
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