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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Lines</div>
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            <p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_dr_lines.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_dr_polylines.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_dr_parallel_lines.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_dr_double_lines.gif" border="0"> Lines
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">You can draw lines as part of a <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_15.html');return(false);">sketch</a> or as <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/06qt_surface_2.html');return(false);">non-sketch curves</a>, similar to I-deas 3D curves.
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Sketch</b> or
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Curve</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Line</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Curve</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Lines and Arcs</b> &rarr;
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Curve</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Basic Curves</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Line</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_16.html');return(false);">Creating sketches</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/06qt_surface_2.html');return(false);">Non-sketch curves</a></p>
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            <p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_dr_point.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Point</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Datum/Point</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Point</b></p>
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            <p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_dr_rect_2_corners.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_dr_rect_3_corn.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_dr_rect_by_center.gif" border="0"> Rectangles
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Curve</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Rectangle</b></p>
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            <p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_dr_reg_polygon.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Regular Polygon</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Curve</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Polygon</b></p>
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            <p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_dr_constraints.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_dr_constraint_mode.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_dr_constraint_drag.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Constraints</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Constraint Mode</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Constraint Drag</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Sketch</b></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">Constraints are a function of the sketcher.</p>
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            <p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_dr_solve_criteria.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_dr_set_deduce.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Solver Criteria</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Set Deduce</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Preferences</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Sketch</b></p>
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