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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating a Post Process template in NX</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">You can customize the Stress and Vibration wizards directly in NX. You can open the Simulation file within the Advanced Simulation application and enter Post Processing. Then use the <b class="uiTerm">Post View</b> dialog box to change the display options as desired and save the view as a template.
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            <p class="para_item">Open your Simulation file in the Advanced Simulation application.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Open the <b class="uiTerm">Post-Processing Navigator</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Change the display options or animation options as desired. For example, open the <b class="uiTerm">Post View</b> dialog box (<img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/simulation/desfem_post_control/postview.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Post View</b> on the <b class="uiTerm">Post-Processing</b> toolbar) and make the desired changes.
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            <p class="para_item">When your post view looks acceptable, right-click the Post View node in the <b class="uiTerm">Post-Processing Navigator</b> and choose <b class="uiTerm">Save Template</b>. A new post view template node appears under the <b class="uiTerm">Templates</b> node.
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            <p class="para_item">Right-click the new template node and choose <b class="uiTerm">Rename</b>. Enter a name you will remember (you will rename it again in the next step). 
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            <p class="para_item">The template is saved in your C:\Temp\Post_Template_Files directory. The template is also stored in the Post Processing Templates palette, available from the Resource Bar. Navigate to this directory in your operating system.</p>
            <p class="para_item">Rename the template file name that corresponds to the post template you want to replace:</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Stress &mdash; spsd_stress.xml</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Displacement &mdash; spdsd_deform.xml</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Safety Factor &mdash; spsd_performance.xml</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Modal (1&ndash;5) &mdash; spsd_modal1.xml&ndash;spsd_modal5.xml</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Copy the template file from the C:\Temp\Post_Template_Files directory to the ..\ugstructures\process_wizard\post_template_files directory in your NX installation (or the directory your UGII_SPSD_PATH environment variable points to) and overwrite the existing template file.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Now, when the user runs the wizard, your new post template will be used.</p>
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