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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/mach_feat_man.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/mach_use_feat_man.html');return(false);">How To</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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               <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Machining Feature Navigator</b> palette
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               <p class="para_th">Option</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Feature Name</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This is a unique identifier for a machining feature. When the machining feature is created, feature name is automatically assigned by the system. It is composed of the name of the feature type followed by an underscore and a number: for example, SIMPLE_HOLE_105. The suffix starts with 1. You can rename it in the Machining Feature Navigator palette.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Feature Type</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This is the type of machining feature: for example, SIMPLE_HOLE or COUNTER_BORE_HOLE.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Geometry Group</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This is the name of the geometry group of a machining feature. Some machining features may not belong to any geometry group. For such features the value remains empty. A single features can be in multiple groups. In this case, these features are listed for every group.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Status</p>
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               <p class="para_th">This indicates the machining status of a feature. For example, it shows whether or not all operations for a machining feature have been successfully machined.</p>
               <p class="para_th">The value can be one of the following:</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">Empty</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">if you have not assigned it to any geometry group</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">Complete </p>
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                        <p class="para_td">if all tool paths of all operations applied to the machining feature in the specified geometry group are successfully generated</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">Incomplete</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">if any one of the operations fails to generate the tool path</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">Regenerate</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">if any one of the operations does not generate a tool path or is out of date and requires regeneration </p>
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               <p class="para_td">Source</p>
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               <p class="para_th">This indicates the source of a manufacturing feature. </p>
               <p class="para_th">The source can be one of the following:</p>
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                        <p class="para_th">Value</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">CAD</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">&nbsp;for NX standard feature</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">UDF</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">&nbsp;for user-defined features</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">Recognized</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">&nbsp;for recognized features</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">Tagged</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">&nbsp;for tagged objects (point, arc, face)</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Overridden</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This indicates whether any of the attribute values of a manufacturing feature is overridden. The value is &quot;YES&quot; if any one has been overridden, and &quot;NO&quot; otherwise.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Attributes</p>
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               <p class="para_td">All attributes associated with a machining feature are displayed. Attributes may come from parameters of an NX feature, attributes of KF, and User Defined attributes. If a machining feature does not have an attribute defined, but others do, then the attribute cell of this feature will be empty.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/mfn_feature_view.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Feature View</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Shows features individually.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Shows features in groups. Features can go into a group if they satisfy the classification criteria.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/cad_cam_udf.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Identify From All Bodies</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Accesses the <b class="uiTerm">Identify CAD/UD Features</b> dialog box and lets you identify machining features from any solid body that contains NX features and UDFs.
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               <p class="para_td">Accesses the <b class="uiTerm">Identify CAD/UD Features</b> dialog box and lets you identify machining features from the workpiece only.
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/recogn_feature.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/mach_feat_rec_dial.html');return(false);">Recognize Features</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Accesses the <b class="uiTerm">Feature Recognition</b> dialog box.
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><a name="mach_feature_mach_feat_man_dia_tagdialog"></a><p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/tagged_point.gif" border="0"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/attr_tag_point_dial.html');return(false);">Tag Points</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Select this icon to display the Tagging Attributes to Points dialog. </p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/tagged_arc.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/attr_tag_point_dial.html');return(false);">Tag Arcs</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Select this icon to display the Tagging Attributes to Arcs dialog.</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><a name="mach_feature_mach_feat_man_dia_tag_face"></a><p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/tagged_faces.gif" border="0"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/attr_tag_point_dial.html');return(false);">Tag Faces</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Select this icon to display the Tagging Attributes to Faces dialog.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/tagged_feature.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/attr_tag_feat_dial.html');return(false);">Tag Features</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Select this icon to display the Tagging Attributes to Features dialog.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Select this icon to display the Create Geometry dialog.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">When you select the delete button with feature recognition, the entire feature is deleted. When you select the delete button when working with UDF or CAD features, only the machining information is deleted from the feature. The CAD or UDF information remains. &nbsp;</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/info.gif" border="0"> Information
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               <p class="para_td">Select this icon to display the information window. </p>
               <p class="para_td">OR</p>
               <p class="para_td">You can control the display of the information window through Customer Default under Manufacturing &rarr; Geometry &rarr;Features &rarr;Display Information During Group Creation. If toggled on, the information window will come up when a template is applied. The default value is ON.  </p>
               <p class="para_td">This window contains the following:</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">The tool query</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">The name of the Alternate Groups of Operations</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Operation status </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">List of tool names satisfying the tool query and the detailed information of the selected tool </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">The classification criteria value of each feature group </p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/mach_use_feat_man.html#mach_feature_mach_use_feat_man_filter');return(false);"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/filter_create.gif" border="0"></a>  
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/mach_use_feat_man.html#mach_feature_mach_use_feat_man_filter');return(false);">Create Filter</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Select this icon to activate the Create Filter dialog to set and apply filter criteria. When you apply a filter, only machining features that satisfy the filter criteria display; otherwise all machining features in the part file display.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you export selected manufacturing features to a PLMXML file so that you can exchange them with other applications. These features include:</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">NX CAD features, such as pockets, holes, or user defined features that have been processed as manufacturing features.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Tagged geometry entities (points, arcs, faces and features) with the CAM_FEATURE_NAME attribute.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">PLMXML is an XML data exchange file format. For more information on this emerging format see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFileURL('http://www.ugs.com/products/open/plmxml/');return(false);">PLM XML</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/mfn_export_to_browser.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Export To Browser</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you export the current <b class="uiTerm">Machining Feature Navigator</b> view to an html file.
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