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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Measurements</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">In I-deas the <b class="uiTerm">Measure</b> command displays an icon panel with different measuring tools.
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      <p class="para_topic">In NX, similar measurement tools are located in the <b class="uiTerm">Analysis</b> toolbar. 
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      <p class="para_topic">The measurement tools are also found in the menus:</p>
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         <li class="condense"><b class="uiTerm">Analysis</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Measure Distance</b></li>
         <li class="condense"><b class="uiTerm">Analysis</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Measure Angle</b></li>
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Measure Distance</b> command displays a dialog box with different distance measurement options.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Angle</b> command displays a dialog box with angle measurement options.
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Associative</b> checkbox to store a measurement in an <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_34.html');return(false);">expression</a>. This allows the measurement to be associatively used in other expressions.
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      <p class="para_topic">Measurement functions are also built into some dialog boxes to allow you to create an associative measurement where you would normally enter a constant value in an input box.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/f1.gif" border="0"> For context-sensitive help, activate a command and press F1.
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