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      <div class="title_refCategory">Default Units</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option specifies which units will be used for any value needed prior to a new part operation or loading an existing part. It also sets the value of the Units radio box on the New Part File (File -&gt; New) dialog box.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX3.0.0</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Session</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Integer</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">UG_initialUnits</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[Inches (2), Millimeters (1)]</p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Part Preview</div>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Store Preview</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option determines whether or not the part (and drawing sheets) preview images should be saved.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX3.0.0</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Part</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Integer</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">UG_part_preview_storage</p>
               </td>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[No (0), Yes (1)]</p>
               </td>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Creation Time</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option specifies when to create the part (and drawing sheets) preview images. This option only applies if the above Store Preview check box is turned on.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX3.0.0</p>
               </td>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Part</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Integer</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">UG_part_preview_creation</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[On Save (1), On Demand (2)]</p>
               </td>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Model View Preview</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory"></p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Store Preview</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option determines whether or not the model view preview images created should be saved.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX3.0.0</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Part</p>
               </td>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Integer</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">UG_model_view_preview_storage</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[No (0), Yes (1)]</p>
               </td>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Creation Time</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option specifies when to create the model view preview images. This option only applies if the above Store Preview check box is turned on.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX3.0.0</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Part</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Integer</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">UG_model_view_preview_creation</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[On Part Save (1), On View Save (2), On Demand (3)]</p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Enter Application where File was Last Saved</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option determines whether or not an attempt to enter the application the file was last saved in will be made when opening the file. The attempt will be made if the following conditions are true.
</p><pre class="indent">1. This check box is turned on.
2. NX has not yet entered an application (i.e. NX is in the &quot;No Part&quot; state or NX is not yet running).
</pre><p class="para_refCategory">If it for some reason is impossible to enter the application (e.g. no license), the Gateway application will be entered.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX4.0.0</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Part</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Logical</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX_reenter_application</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[No (false), Yes (true)]</p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Compress Part on Save</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option determines whether or not the Parasolid portion of the part file should be compressed on save. If the &quot;Always Compress Parts on Save&quot; check box is turned on, the setting of this option is ignored and the &quot;Compress Part on Save&quot; check box in the File -&gt; Options -&gt; Save Options dialog box is disabled.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX3.0.0</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Part</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Integer</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">UG_compress_part</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[No (0), Yes (1)]</p>
               </td>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Always Compress Parts on Save</div>
      <div class="refCategoryContent">
         <p class="para_refCategory">This option determines whether or not the Parasolid portion of the part file should be compressed on save. If this check box is turned on, it overrides the setting of the &quot;Compress Part on Save&quot; option and forces all parts, new or existing, to be compressed on save.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX3.0.2</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Session</p>
               </td>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Integer</p>
               </td>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">UG_force_compress_part</p>
               </td>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[No (0), Yes (1)]</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Write Bookmark File on Exit</div>
      <div class="refCategoryContent">
         <p class="para_refCategory">This option determines whether or not the bookmark file should be written every time the NX session is exited.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX4.0.0</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Session</p>
               </td>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Logical</p>
               </td>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX_Write_Bookmark_File</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[No (false), Yes (true)]</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Save Data for Fast Rollback on Edit</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option determines whether additional data will be saved with the part file to improve feature edit performance after opening the part in another session.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX5.0.0</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Session</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Integer</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX_retain_results</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[No (0), Yes (1)]</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Add Dimetric Views</div>
      <div class="refCategoryContent">
         <p class="para_refCategory">This option determines whether or not the 16 dimetric views should be added to new part files and to existing part files as they are opened. In dimetric views, two of the three angles between the projections of the axes are equal.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX3.0.0</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Session</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Integer</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">UG_dimetric_views</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[No (0), Yes (1)]</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <p class="para_refCategory">The dimetric views are proposed as the GM worldwide standard. Once added to the part, dimetric views are similar to the eight predefined views in that they may not be deleted.
</p><pre class="indent">
View Name         Z rotation      X rotation (in degrees)
DIMETRIC.VIEW.B1       60             -75
DIMETRIC.VIEW.B2      120             -75
DIMETRIC.VIEW.B5      -60             -75
DIMETRIC.VIEW.B6     -120             -75
DIMETRIC.VIEW.C1       30             -75
DIMETRIC.VIEW.C2      150             -75
DIMETRIC.VIEW.C5      -30             -75
DIMETRIC.VIEW.C6     -150             -75
DIMETRIC.VIEW.D1       45             -65
DIMETRIC.VIEW.D2      135             -65
DIMETRIC.VIEW.D5      -45             -65
DIMETRIC.VIEW.D6     -135             -65
DIMETRIC.VIEW.D3       45            -115
DIMETRIC.VIEW.D4      135            -115
DIMETRIC.VIEW.D7      -45            -115
DIMETRIC.VIEW.D8     -135            -115
</pre><p class="para_refCategory">
The rotations are from the TOP view. The Z rotation is done before the X rotation. Other view parameters have default values when the views are created.
</p><pre class="indent">
If this check box is turned on:
1. When a part is created, NX will create the 16 dimetric views.
2. When an existing part is opened, for each of the 16 dimetric views:
   - If the view name does not exist in the part file, a dimetric view will be created.
   - If the name already exists but the orientation is different, a suffix will be added to the view name in the part and a new dimetric view will be created.

If this option is turned off:
1. When a part is created, NX will behave as usual.
2. When an existing part is opened and the part already has dimetric views, they will stay and behave like dimetric views.
</pre><p class="para_refCategory">
Note that the part file will not be marked as modified because of the behaviors that are described above.</p>
      </div>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Update Material Properties from Library on Part Load</div>
      <div class="refCategoryContent">
         <p class="para_refCategory">This option determines whether or not the library materials in the part file should automatically be updated from the external library on part load.</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX3.0.0</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Session</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">String</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">CAE_UpdateMaterialsOnPartLoad</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table cellspacing="10">
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[Yes (ON), No (OFF)]</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
      </div>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Interval for Save Changes Reminder</div>
      <div class="refCategoryContent">
         <p class="para_refCategory">NX displays a reminder to save changes. This option specifies the interval between the last time you saved and the reminder appearing, or the interval between two reminders. If this option is set to 0 minutes, the reminder is disabled.</p>
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX4.0.0</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table cellspacing="10">
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Session</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table cellspacing="10">
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Integer</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table cellspacing="10">
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               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">UG_Auto_part_save</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
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            <tr>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Units:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Minutes</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
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            <tr>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Valid Range:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[
                        &gt;=0
                         &lt;=120
                    ]</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Change Displayed Part on Close</div>
      <div class="refCategoryContent">
         <p class="para_refCategory">This option determines whether or not NX will switch to the previously displayed part when the current displayed part is closed.</p>
         <table cellspacing="10">
            <tr>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX5.0.0</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table cellspacing="10">
            <tr>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Session</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table cellspacing="10">
            <tr>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Logical</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table cellspacing="10">
            <tr>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">UG_changeDispPartOnClose</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table cellspacing="10">
            <tr>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
               </td>
               <td valign="top">
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[Yes (true), No (false)]</p>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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