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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Execution Process</div>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('checkmate/intro_ovw_link.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The process of executing tests requires four primary steps:</p>
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            <td valign="top"><b class="stepLabel">Step&nbsp;1. </b></td>
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               <div class="title_item">Select Parts</div>
               <p class="para_item_procedure">You typically run Check-Mate tests on the current part in NX, but you can also run tests on a set of parts. Select the parts for testing on the Parts tab of the Check-Mate dialog. For details see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('checkmate/select_parts.html');return(false);">Select Parts</a>.
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            <td valign="top"><b class="stepLabel">Step&nbsp;2. </b></td>
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               <p class="para_item_procedure">You can choose from a wide variety of tests to perform on each of the selected parts. The tests are grouped into several categories and subcategories based on the type of checking involved, such as modeling features, standards compliance, etc. You select the tests to run on the <b class="uiTerm">Tests</b> tab of the Check-Mate dialog. For details see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('checkmate/select_tests.html');return(false);">Selecting Tests</a>.
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                           <p class="para_note_body">Note the following items:</p>
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                                 <p class="para_note_body">You can also select the tests in a profile, which is typically a group of tests identified in advance by your site administrator that collectively addresses a business practice important to your organization. Additionally, you can create profiles to group tests. For details see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('checkmate/create_edit_prof.html');return(false);">Creating/Editing a Profile</a>.
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                                 <p class="para_note_body">To see detailed information about a specific test, select the test and click <b class="uiTerm">Documentation</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/doc_ico.gif" border="0"> next to the list of tests.
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            <td valign="top"><b class="stepLabel">Step&nbsp;3. </b></td>
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               <p class="para_item_procedure">Once you select the parts to test and the tests to run, you execute Check-Mate on the<b class="uiTerm"> Run Tests</b> tab of the <b class="uiTerm">Check-Mate</b> dialog. There are options on this tab for how the tests execute, including what to do in case of errors, and where the results are recorded. For details see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('checkmate/run_tests.html');return(false);">Running Tests</a>.
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            <td valign="top"><b class="stepLabel">Step&nbsp;4. </b></td>
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               <p class="para_item_procedure">After the tests have executed, you can see the results on the <b class="uiTerm">View Results</b> tab of the <b class="uiTerm">Check-Mate</b> dialog. For details see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('checkmate/view_results.html');return(false);">Viewing Results</a>. See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('checkmate/cm_viewer_ov.html');return(false);">Check-Mate Viewer Overview</a> and <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('checkmate/cm_qdash_ov.html');return(false);">Quality Dashboard Report Generator</a> for other tools that generate reports.
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      <div class="title_division">Executing Check-Mate from the Command Line </div>
      <p class="para_division">The ug_check_part command line utility lets you run a specified test on one or more existing parts without having to start an NX session. For details see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('checkmate/append_c.html');return(false);">Appendix C: Command Line Utility</a>.
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