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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Distance Check</div>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('quickcheck/qc_ovw.html');return(false);">Quick Check Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('quickcheck/qc_add_dist.html');return(false);">Add a Distance Check</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('quickcheck/qc_edit_dist.html');return(false);">Edit a Distance Check</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Choose Insert&rarr; Quick Check&rarr; Distance Check. The Distance Check requires two objects for distance checking.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The distance check dialog displays and prompts you to select objects. If you select two objects, the OK and Apply buttons become available. If you select fewer or more than two objects, the OK and Apply buttons are unavailable. </p>
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               <p class="para_th">Distance Check Options</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Current Distance</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Shows the distance between the two objects at the time stamp, if the Use Time Stamp Order is ON. Otherwise shows the current distance if the Use Time Stamp Order is OFF.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Distance should always be:</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you choose a comparison operator from a pull-down menu. The following operators are available:</p>
               <p class="para_td">&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;Greater than</p>
               <p class="para_td">&gt;= Greater than or equal to</p>
               <p class="para_td">&lt; &nbsp;&nbsp;Less than</p>
               <p class="para_td">&lt;= Less than or equal to</p>
               <p class="para_td">= Equal to</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Distance Value Box</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you enter the distance value to check against. For example, here a check is made to see if the distance is greater than 30.0.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Email Address:</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Enter a valid e-mail address. When a failure message occurs, the contents of the message can be sent to the e-mail address recipient by clicking the Send Email button in the message box.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Reference (URL):</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Enter a valid URL address. A user can access this URL from a reference button on the message box.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">If the check fails, display this message:</p>
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               <p class="para_td">In this message text box, you enter the informational message that displays if the check fails.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Feature Name</p>
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               <p class="para_td">In this text box, you enter the feature name. This name displays in the Modeling Navigator under the Feature Name column. The name displays in the Knowledge Fusion Navigator under the Object Name column.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use Time Stamp Order</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This toggle button determines the current distance when the Use Time Stamp Order is OFF. When ON, the distance is remembered from its time stamp. For example, with Use Time Stamp Order ON, you create a Distance Check Feature. At some later time, you perform some modeling operation that changes the value of the distance. This new value is not reported. To see the new current value, toggle the Use Time Stamp Order OFF.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Action buttons include the following:</p>
               <p class="para_td">OK - Creates the Check Feature and dismisses the dialog.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Apply - Creates the Check Feature and retains the dialog.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Cancel - Dismisses the dialog.</p>
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