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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Machining Feature Navigator Overview</div>
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               <p class="para_td">Overview</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Machining Feature Navigator</b> palette is the central place where all machining features in a CAM part file are shown. For each machining feature, the table columns display the following attributes and their values: <b class="uiTerm">Feature Name</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Feature Type</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Geometry Group</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Status</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Source</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Overridden</b>.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Machining Feature Navigator</b> was designed to perform four main functions: create machining features, delete features, override attributes, and create geometry groups. 
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      <p class="para_topic">When creating geometry groups, the system only considers the selected features so that you can manually determine the scope of the features to be grouped.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Machining Feature Navigator</b> includes:
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            <p class="para_item">Optional customizable <b class="uiTerm">Details</b> panel to review and change attributes.
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            <p class="para_item">Optional <b class="uiTerm">Preview</b> panel to view a custom bitmap representing the selected feature and its parameters.
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            <p class="para_item">Customizable feature group view to assist feature planning.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Definition of user defined events for each feature and operation.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Control attribute display by changing column order.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Change and retain column widths. Remembers column layout per registry entry.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Configure and save multiple filters to use on different parts.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Control decimal place display.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Create operations from feature groups.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Show valid feature groups. </p>
            <p class="para_item">Features can go into a group if they satisfy classification criteria.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Where can I find it?</div>
      <p class="para_division">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Tools</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Machining Feature Navigator</b>.
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      <p class="para_division">In the Resource Bar, select the <b class="uiTerm">Machining Feature Navigator</b> palette <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_machining_feature_manager.gif" border="0">.
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