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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Direct Modeling</div>
      <hr noshade="true"><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap379"></a><p class="para_topic">Direct modeling commands in NX offer a novel capability to directly manipulate geometry and add parameters. For example, these commands can be used to:</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Use the menus <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Direct Modeling</b> to add parameters to faces. These commands directly modify faces and add parameters at the same time.
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      <p class="para_topic">For example, use the <b class="uiTerm">Resize Face</b> command to resize holes. In the part shown, the red holes were resized on this part that was imported without history. This adds parameters that can be used to drive the hole diameters for future modifications.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Reblend Face</b> command changes blend (round) radii while maintaining tangency.
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      <p class="para_topic">Other commands constrain, offset, move, replace, and scale regions.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">See also:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr;  Modeling Menu Quick Reference &rarr; Modeling Insert Options  &rarr; Direct Modeling
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