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      <div class="title_topic7" id="xps10_pagetitle">Visualization settings templates</div>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">This overview describes Visualization Settings Templates and how you can use them to save attribute information and propagate these settings to other part files.</p>
      <div class="title_division">What is a visualization settings template?</div>
      <p class="para_division">A file that stores visualization and other attribute settings that represent a reusable visualization environment. Once you create a visualization settings template, you can use it to transfer an environment to other NX parts.</p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">What can I do with a visualization settings template?</div>
      <p class="para_division">You can:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Modify the settings in a visualization settings template</p>
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            <p class="para_item">View visualization settings so you can verify them or perform modifications</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Apply (drag and drop) a visualization settings template file to a new or existing part</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Create custom template files or choose from a variety of standard template files</p>
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            <p class="para_item">As a starting point for standard industrial design</p>
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