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            <p class="defObject">COA Command Option Area</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX Drafting uses buttons, dialog bars, and dialog boxes for input instead of the Command Option Area in I-deas.</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/11qt_icon_function_map_68.html');return(false);">Command Option Area</a></li>
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            <p class="defObject">Hidden Line Precision</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">The NX equivalent of the I-deas hidden line processing precision is set by the tolerance settings on the <b class="uiTerm">View Style</b> dialog box.
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/08qt_drafting_23.html');return(false);">Modifying views</a></li>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">Both I-deas and NX Drafting have a maximum of 256 layers.</p>
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            <p class="defObject">Main view</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">In NX Drafting, the equivalent of the I-deas Main view is the drawing sheet. Although the drawing sheet contains views, it can contain lines such as the title block.</p>
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               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/08qt_drafting_3.html');return(false);">Drafting file structure</a></li>
               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/08qt_drafting_12.html');return(false);">Standalone drafting geometry</a></li>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">In I-deas, views can be associative or non-associative. In NX Drafting, all views are associative.</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/08qt_drafting_3.html');return(false);">Drafting file structure</a></li>
               <li class="condense"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/08qt_drafting_12.html');return(false);">Standalone drafting geometry</a></li>
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