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      <p class="para_topic">You can start NX from the command line by bypassing the startup menu. To do so, enter the following from the command line:</p>
      <p class="para_topic">$UGII_ROOT_DIR/ugii</p>
      <p class="para_topic">This runs the &quot;ugii&quot; script file, located in the $UGII_ROOT_DIR directory. This script first ensures that the required environment variables are set and then starts NX.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">To start NX by simply entering &quot;ugii&quot;, add UGII_ROOT_DIR to your path variable (e.g., PATH=$PATH:$UGII_ROOT_DIR).</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Also, when you use the ugii command file, you can specify optional  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_sta_unix_switches_r.html');return(false);">command line startup switches</a>.
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      <p class="para_topic">The $UGII_ROOT_DIR/ugii command shown above starts NX with the 3D graphics driver. NX no longer supports the 2D graphics driver.</p>
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