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      <div class="title_topic1" id="xps10_pagetitle">Using MPAW</div>
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      <div class="title_division">MPAW Features</div>
      <p class="para_division">The following process aid features are available on the MPAW toolbar:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mpaw/palf.html');return(false);">Datum/Measurement Location Feature</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mpaw/papt.html');return(false);">Datum/Measurement Point</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mpaw/cpt.html');return(false);">Certification Point</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item">Measurement Vectors</p>
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                  <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mpaw/mp_surf_vect.html');return(false);">Surface Vector</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mpaw/mp_hss_vect.html');return(false);">Hole/Slot/Stud Vector</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mpaw/mp_trim_vect.html');return(false);">Trim Vector</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mpaw/mp_hem_vect.html');return(false);">Hem Vector</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mpaw/checks.html');return(false);">Process Aid Check</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mpaw/info.html');return(false);">Information</a></p>
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         <li>
            <p class="para_item">Dataset Import/Export</p>
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         <li>
            <p class="para_item">VCT-Process Aid Part Conversion</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Accessing</div>
      <p class="para_division">You must have a part file open in your graphics window, and select Applications-&rarr;Modeling. You can access MPAW via the</p>
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            <p class="para_item">NX menu bar</p>
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         <li>
            <p class="para_item">MPAW toolbar</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Menu Bar</div>
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               <p class="para_th">Menu Bar Path</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Mode</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Edit-&rarr;Feature-&rarr;Parameters</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Edit</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Opens the Edit Parameters dialog. The dialog lists the features (including MPAW features) present in the part file displayed in the graphics window. Selecting an MPAW feature from this list opens the dialog for the feature in the Edit mode. Using this dialog, you can modify the values for the MPAW feature.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">View-&rarr;Model Navigator-&rarr;Edit Parameters / View-&rarr;Model Navigator-&rarr;Delete</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Edit</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Opens the Model Navigator dialog that lists all the features present in the displayed part file. Select the MPAW feature you want to edit, and click MB3. A popup menu appears.</p>
               <p class="para_td">To edit the feature, choose Edit Parameters on the popup menu. The dialog for the MPAW feature opens (in the Edit mode), displaying the feature parameters.</p>
               <p class="para_td">To delete the feature, choose Delete on the popup menu. The MPAW feature is deleted.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Tools-&rarr;Process Aid</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Insert</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use to insert a process aid feature. Choosing Tools-&rarr;Process Aid brings up a popup menu listing the various types of process aid features. Selecting a feature on the popup menu opens the dialog for that process aid feature type in the Insert mode.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Information-&rarr;Process Aid</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Query</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Brings up the Datum Selection dialog that you can use to generate and display information based on type, section or part.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Analysis-&rarr;Process Aid</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp;Query</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Opens the Process Aid Distance Check dialog for the process aid feature displayed in the graphics window.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Preferences-&rarr;Process Aid</p>
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               <p class="para_td">-</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you set preferences for the various types of process aid features.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">MPAW features will be created in the current work part regardless of where the selected part geometry resides. The MPAW features will be placed on the layer specified in the MPAW Preferences menu and the &quot;creation geometry&quot; will be placed on the appropriate layer as specified in the MPAW Preferences menu. The user may choose to create a separate MPAW file and retrieve component geometry into it, create the MPAW features in the same file as the part geometry or create a separate MPAW file and retrieve it as a component in an assembly containing the part geometry. We refer to this last method as design in context. If the MPAW features reside in this structure it is critical that when adding this file to the assembly the user specifies that geometry be represented on &quot;original&quot; layer. Doing this ensures that the MPAW features will be placed on the correct layer and be visible to the user.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Toolbar</div>
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         <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/toolbar.gif"></p>
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      <div class="title_figure">MPAW toolbar</div>
      <div class="title_division">Deleting MPAW Features</div>
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         <li>
            <p class="para_item">Choose Edit-&rarr;Features when in the Modeling application.</p>
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         <li>
            <p class="para_item">On the Edit-&rarr;Features submenu, choose Delete.</p>
         </li>
         <li>
            <p class="para_item">On the Delete dialog, select the MPAW feature you want to delete. The feature appears highlighted in the graphics window.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose OK or Apply.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">OR</p>
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         <li>
            <p class="para_item">Choose View-&rarr;Model Navigator. The Model Navigator dialog appears, listing the features present in the part file.</p>
         </li>
         <li>
            <p class="para_item">Select the process aid feature you want to delete, and click MB3. A popup menu appears.</p>
         </li>
         <li>
            <p class="para_item">On the popup menu, choose Delete.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">The selected process aid feature is deleted. </p>
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