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      <p class="para_topic">The Spreadsheet program provides an intelligent interface between the Xess or Excel spreadsheet application and NX. You can use the spreadsheet to:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Build variations on a theme or families of parts from a standard table layout</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Augment model design with analytical scenarios</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Integrate business issues such as cost analysis with part design</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Edit expressions for NX hybrid modeling - providing a seamless transfer of conceptual model data between NX and the Xess spreadsheet</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">On the HP and Sun platforms the Spreadsheet may not run if the locale is enabled. You can correct this by defining an environment variable: export XESS_NOLOCALE=1.</p>
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