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      <div class="title_topic1" id="xps10_pagetitle">Information</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Using Information, you can define filters, and generate and print information on MPAW features.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">  NOTE: You should be in the Modeling application in order to use Information.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Accessing</div>
      <p class="para_division">To access Information, do one of the following:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">On the MPAW toolbar, choose the Information icon:  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/info_icon.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">On the menu bar, choose Information-&rarr;Process Aid.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">The Process Aid Selection dialog appears. Using the Process Aid Selection dialog, you can choose Select All or filter by Type, Sections or Parts. You can also view the Process Aid Vector and generate a Datum Coordination Report.</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">Process Aid Selection Dialog</div>
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               <p class="para_td">Opens the Select by  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mpaw/info.html#information_info_info_type');return(false);">Type</a> dialog that lets you specify the MPAW datum type for which information must be displayed.
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               <p class="para_td">Opens the Select by  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mpaw/info.html#information_info_info_pla');return(false);">Section Plane</a> dialog that allows you to get information for a specific section plane.
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               <p class="para_td">Opens the Select by  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mpaw/info.html#information_info_info_part');return(false);">Parts</a> dialog that lets you get information for a specific part.
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               <p class="para_td">Choose to select all parent features. For example, selecting a single certification feature and choosing Up One Level selects all datum point features.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Choose to select all child features. For example, selecting a single datum point feature and choosing Down One Level selects all certification features.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you select all visible MPAW features in the work view based on 'all filters' (attributes).</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Allows you to exclude objects for which you do not require information.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Before using the All But Selected option, select all the objects you want to exclude from your query. Then choose All But Selected, which performs a Select All operation, and clears all the objects selected.</p>
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                           <p class="para_note_body">If you change the selection filter to select the items you wish to exclude, remember that All But Selected honors the current filters when performing the Select All operation. </p>
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               <p class="para_th">View Process Aid Vector</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Click to view all the process aid vectors of datum points in the graphics window.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Coordination Report</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Choose to generate the Datum Coordination Report.</p>
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      </table><br><a name="information_info_info_type"></a><div class="title_division">Query on Type</div>
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            <p class="para_item">On the Process Aid Selection dialog, choose Type. The Select by Type filter dialog appears. All datum types appear selected.</p>
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            <div class="title_figure">Select by Type Dialog</div>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the datum that you want to get information on. Include or exclude datum types using the Type scroll list.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click Select All.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose OK.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Information for the datum type is displayed in the Information window.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">  NOTE: Using the Type dialog, you can select MPAW features directly from the graphics window while the dialog is displayed.</p>
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      </table><a name="information_info_info_pla"></a><div class="title_division">Query on Section Plane</div>
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            <p class="para_item">On the Process Aid Selection dialog, choose Section. The Select by Section Plane dialog appears.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">On the Select by Section Plane dialog, choose the Section name(s) that you want to get information on. Use the scroll list to include or exclude groups from your filter.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose Select All.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose OK.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Information for the section plane is displayed in the Information window.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">  NOTE: Using the Select by Section Plane dialog, you can select sections directly from the graphics window while the dialog is displayed.</p>
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      </table><a name="information_info_info_part"></a><div class="title_division">Query on Parts</div>
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            <p class="para_item">On the Process Aid Selection dialog, choose Parts. The Select by Parts filter dialog appears. All parts appear selected.</p>
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            <div class="title_figure">Select by Parts Dialog</div>
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            <p class="para_item">On the Select by Parts dialog, choose the Part(s) that you want to get information on. Use the Parts scroll list dialog to include or exclude parts.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose Select All.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose OK.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Information for the selected part is displayed in the Information window.</p>
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