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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Format Menu</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Use the Format menu to control layers, layouts, groups, attributes, and patterns.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Option</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_layerset_d.html');return(false);">Layer Settings</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Sets the global layer status. Applies to all views except drawing views that do not have an individual layer mask.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_visibleinview_r.html');return(false);">Visible In View</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Controls the display status of layers for a specific view (individual layer mask). The mask for each view may be different and has priority over the global mask.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_layercat_d.html');return(false);">Layer Category</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Creates named groups of layers. This simplifies changing the visibility and selection status of associated layers.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_move2layer_r.html');return(false);">Move To Layer</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Removes objects from one layer and places them on another layer.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_move2layer_r.html');return(false);">Copy To Layer</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Places a copy of an object on another layer, leaving the original.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Reference Sets</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For more information, see the Assemblies Help.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_grp_ov.html');return(false);">Group</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Collects individual objects together as a group and handles them as a single unit.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_att_ov_m.html');return(false);">Database Attributes</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Assigns certain types of information to parts and geometry, including solids, faces, and edges. You can assign attributes to the components of assemblies, and use the information to generate a parts list. You can also list and compare assigned information.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/fmt_pat_d.html');return(false);">Pattern</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Duplicates standard parts to add standard information such as borders, lines, text and title blocks to your file, and to reduce the size of your current part file.</p>
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