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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Paths tab</div>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/preferences_preference.html');return(false);">Preferences Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/wiring_wire_connect_list.html');return(false);">Related Topics</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">This topic consists of all preferences related to segments, control points, bends and path selection preferences. The <b class="uiTerm">Paths</b> tab is available from both the <b class="uiTerm">Preferences&rarr;Routing</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Customer Defaults</b> dialog boxes.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Changes from <b class="uiTerm">Preferences&rarr;Routing</b> take effect in the current NX session while changes from the <b class="uiTerm">Customer Defaults</b> take effect after exiting and re-entering NX.
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                  <p class="para_td">Description</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Lines</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Determines whether or not lines are used when creating a path.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Arcs</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Determines whether or not arcs are used when creating a path.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Determines whether or not splines are used when creating a path.</p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Merge duplicates</div>
      <p class="para_division">Creating, editing, moving and copying segments can duplicate RCPs, which subsequently creates additional routing segments. This option causes Routing Mechanical to constantly check for this condition and eliminate such duplicates. It is rarely desirable for duplicates to exist so the default is set to on. However, being on does add overhead processing while running Routing Mechanical . If performance is an issue, you can turn this option off and use the <b class="uiTerm">Connect Path</b> tool to interactively remove all duplicates in a single process.
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      <div class="title_division">Set corner</div>
      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Set Corner</b> invokes a dialog box to specify the default corner type and its parameters. See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/paths_assign.html');return(false);">Assign Corner</a> in for an explanation of the<b class="uiTerm"> Assign Corner</b> dialog box.
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      <div class="title_division">Path curve chaining</div>
      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Path Curve Chaining</b> invokes a dialog box to set parameters that control the behavior of curve chaining within <b class="uiTerm">Create Path</b>. See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/paths_curve.html');return(false);">Path Curve Chaining</a>.
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      <div class="title_division">Confirm branch selection</div>
      <p class="para_division">One method of selection in the <b class="uiTerm">Routing Object Selection</b> dialog box is <b class="uiTerm">Branch</b>. The direction of the branch is determined starting at one end or the other. This option determines if the system will prompt you to confirm the selection of a branch during <b class="uiTerm">Routing Object Selection</b> or not. If turned on, you are asked for confirmation. If turned off, Routing determines the branch rooted on the nearest end of the segment selection point without confirmation.
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      <div class="title_division">Stock offset expression</div>
      <p class="para_division">When using <b class="uiTerm">Stock Offset Ports</b>, the default expression used to determine distance a <b class="uiTerm">Stock Offset Port</b> is positioned from its origin points is MAX_PATH_STOCK_DIA/2.0. The value of MAX_PATH_STOCK_DIA is a dynamic value that changes as the stock diameter assigned to a segment passing through the <b class="uiTerm">Stock Offset Port</b> changes. The default expression causes the port to offset from the origin half the diameter of the assigned stock. You can modify the expression used for the current work part by editing this value.
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      <div class="title_division">Set down direction</div>
      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Application View File</b> (apv) establishes a vector as the down direction. If not specified in the APV file, &ndash;Z is used. The <b class="uiTerm">Down Direction</b> is the default direction when you assign slack to a path. You can change this down direction vector through the standard <b class="uiTerm">Vector Constructor</b> dialog box accessed by this option. Note that this affects all segments with slack that have not had a slack direction explicitly defined.
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