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      <p class="para_topic">I-deas users tend to remember commands by their name and location in the icon panel. </p>
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      <p class="para_topic">In NX, it will be more important to remember commands by their name and toolbar, since toolbars can be repositioned.</p>
      <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/intro/toolbar1.gif"></p><a name="qt_nx_concepts"></a><p class="para_topic">Because NX represents the merging of two software products, you will benefit by some new ways to work, but you will also have some new concepts to learn.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Transitioning I-deas users typically have the most difficulty learning these three things:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Parts, assemblies and drawings are all stored in the same type of <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/03topic_4.html');return(false);">.prt file</a>. Multiple files can be opened at the same time in your <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/03topic_5.html');return(false);">session</a>, replacing the model file and the workbench.
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_28.html');return(false);">Selecting</a> is different, and <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_28.html#qt_nx_where');return(false);">where</a> you select becomes important.
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_5.html');return(false);">Visibility</a> options are different. Hiding and showing individual items is similar, but <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_35.html');return(false);">layers</a> can also be used to control visibility.
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            <p class="para_item">Sketches are optionally absorbed into features by making them internal to a feature. Making them external allows you to use the same sketch in multiple features.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">These are typically some of the first things I-deas users find they like about NX:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">The <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_4.html');return(false);">Part Navigator</a> puts more information about features at your finger tips, and provides direct access to <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_44.html');return(false);">edit features</a>.
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_34.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Undo</b></a> provides multiple steps of recovery, making learning a less risky experiment.
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            <p class="para_item">The <b class="uiTerm"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_28.html#qt_nx_quickpick');return(false);">QuickPick</a></b> box is easier to use than the I-deas <b class="uiTerm">Reconsider</b> function.
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_20.html');return(false);">Form features</a> save steps when modeling standard features and capture manufacturing intent.
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