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               <p class="para_td">Describe the order, type and visibility of columns in the part table file.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">STRING</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Define a string characteristic.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Define an integer characteristic.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Define a floating-point characteristic.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specify a column to hide from the User Interface.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Define the data for the part table.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">&lt;&gt; enclose the name of a class of objects.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">If a string requires embedded spaces, enclose the string in double quote (&quot;) characters.</p><pre class="indent">,columns. :=
COLUMNS
(	&lt;characteristic spec&gt; )
END_OF_COLUMNS&lt;data&gt; :=
DATA
( (datum&gt; )
END_OF_DATA

&lt;characteristic spec&gt; := &lt;characteristic type&gt; [/HIDE]
&lt;text&gt;

&lt;characteristic type&gt; := STRING | REAL | INTEGER

&lt;text&gt; := 1 to 132 readable ASCII characters, spaces included
&lt;datum&gt; := &lt;quoted string&gt; | &lt;real&gt; | &lt;integer&gt;</pre></body>
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