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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingadmin/charx_descriptor.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Routing understands the meaning of many characteristics. If you define these characteristics, they may control certain behaviors. These characteristics are:</p>
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               <p class="para_td">APPLICATION</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The name of the active Routing application (for example, Routing Mechanical, Routing Electrical, etc.).</p>
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               <p class="para_td">BOLT_DIA</p>
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               <p class="para_td">In <b class="uiTerm">Piping Flange Placement callback</b>, used to determine the type of bolts to be included as unmodeled hardware. Defined in the gasket part table.
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               <p class="para_td">BOLT_LEN</p>
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               <p class="para_td">In <b class="uiTerm">Piping Flange Placement Callback</b>, used to determine the type of bolts to be included as unmodeled hardware. Calculated by the callback program.
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               <p class="para_td">BW</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Standing for Butt Weld, is used in piping to determine flange type for compatibility design rule processing.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">CABLE_LOCATION</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Location of a flat cable in a stack of flat cables.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">CLASS</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The class of a piping fitting (300, 600, etc.).</p>
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               <p class="para_td">COLOR</p>
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               <p class="para_td">You can specify the color of stock in the stock part table by defining this characteristic.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">COMPONENT_NAME</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The name assigned to a component.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">CONNECTION_TYPE</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For a piping fitting, the type of flange to flange connection (flange, butt weld, socket weld, etc.). Used by the <b class="uiTerm">Connection Compatibility</b> design rule.
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               <p class="para_td">CUT_BACK_LENGTH</p>
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               <p class="para_td">On a wiring multiport, the distance from the multiport origin, along the connecting segment, at which <b class="uiTerm">Create Terminal</b> breaks out the terminal segments from the bundle.
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               <p class="para_td">CUT_ELBOW_ANG</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For <b class="uiTerm">Piping Cut Elbow</b>, the angle at which the elbow is cut.
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               <p class="para_td">DESCRIPTION</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Routing BOM, the value is placed in the description dynamic input box of the parts list. Typically, an <b class="uiTerm">Applied Characteristic</b>, defined by several others in the fitting part tables.
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               <p class="para_td">DIAMETER</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Used by the <b class="uiTerm">Bend Corner</b> function, <b class="uiTerm">Stock Offset Ports</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Design Rules</b>.
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               <p class="para_td">ELBOW_ANG</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Routing Mechanical, the angle of the standard elbow, usually 45&deg; or 90&deg;. This drives the geometry of the elbow part family members.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">ENGAGE</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The value of the engagement distance for a port (overrides the port's <b class="uiTerm">Engagement Distance</b> value if defined).
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               <p class="para_td">EXTENSION_LENGTH</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The value of the engagement distance for a port (overrides the port's <b class="uiTerm">Extension Length</b> value, if defined).
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               <p class="para_td">FACE_DEP</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Routing Mechanical, specifies the face depth for a raised faced flange.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">FACE_TYPE</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Routing Mechanical, specifies a flange face type as RF (raised face), RJ (ring joint), or FF (flat face).</p>
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               <p class="para_td">FLANGE</p>
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               <p class="para_td">In Routing Mechanical, determines if the fitting has a flange (same as FLANGED).</p>
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               <p class="para_td">FLANGED</p>
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               <p class="para_td">In Routing Mechanical, determines if the fitting has a flange (same as FLANGE).</p>
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               <p class="para_td">FLANGE_THK</p>
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               <p class="para_td">In Routing Mechanical, gives the thickness of the flange on a flanged fitting.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">GASKET</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Routing Mechanical, assigned to a port, determines that the connection requires a gasket.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">GASKET_THK</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Routing Mechanical, specifies the thickness of a gasket.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">GENDER</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Provides the value of gender, either male or female. Used by the <b class="uiTerm">Connection Compatibility</b> design rule.
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               <p class="para_td">HEIGHT</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The height of a rectangular stock.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">LENGTH_ADDITION</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Routing Electrical, a characteristic of a port that adds a length to any wire connected to that port.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">MEMBER_NAME</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The name of the part family member of a fitting or stock provided by the part table.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">MIN_BEND_RADIUS</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The minimum bend radius of a stock. &nbsp;If present, overrides the preference value used for all stocks.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">NPS</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Routing Mechanical, gives the <b class="uiTerm">Nominal Pipe Size</b> of a fitting or pipe.
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               <p class="para_td">NUMBER_OF</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Routing BOM. specifies the number of unmodeled hardware items to add to the parts list (such as &quot;6&quot; bolts).</p>
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               <p class="para_td">NUM_BOLTS</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For <b class="uiTerm">Piping Flange Placement callback</b>, specifies the number of bolts required for a flange-to-flange connection (defined in the gasket part table).
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               <p class="para_td">NUTS</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For <b class="uiTerm">Flange Placement callback</b>, specifies if the bolts or studs are with or without nuts.&nbsp;Value is either Yes or No.
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               <p class="para_td">OD</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The outside diameter of a stock, typically used for tubing.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">OVERSTOCK_TYPE</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The type of overstock (<b class="uiTerm">Wrapped</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Flagged</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Sleeved</b>, or <b class="uiTerm">Fixed</b>).
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               <p class="para_td">PART_NAME</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The name of the family template part file from which a member (MEMBER_NAME) is created. If the MEMBER_NAME column is not present in the part table file, the PART_NAME is merely the name of a non&ndash;part family template part.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">PART_NUMBER</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The part number assigned to a fitting or stock (may appear in the parts list).</p>
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               <p class="para_td">RATING</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Routing Mechanical, the pressure rating of a fitting or pipe.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">REFERENCE_ID</p>
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               <p class="para_td">String valued characteristic uniquely identifies components in a mechanical design. Components must carry this characteristic in order to be selected as a <b class="uiTerm">From</b> or <b class="uiTerm">To Item</b> of a run. In a <b class="uiTerm">Compare</b> operation, it is this characteristic that determines which component in the work part corresponds to which component in the compare part.
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               <p class="para_td">REFERENCE_SET</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The name of the reference set to be used in a <b class="uiTerm">Place Part</b> operation (if not defined, <b class="uiTerm">Entire Part</b> is used).
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               <p class="para_td">RUN_ID</p>
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               <p class="para_td">String values characteristic assigned to every member of a Run. The value defines in the <b class="uiTerm">Create Run </b>function.
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               <p class="para_td">SPOOL_DELIMITER</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Integer valued characteristic designates a port to be a spool delimiter by having a value of 1. If the value is 0 or the characteristic does not exist, the port is not a spool delimiter sport.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">SPOOL_ID</p>
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               <p class="para_td">String valued characteristic assigned to every member of a spool.&nbsp;The value of the characteristic is string assigned by <b class="uiTerm">Detect Spools</b>.
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               <p class="para_td">STOCK_PART_ID</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Routing Electrical, &nbsp;identifies the name of the characteristic (typically OD) associated with the wire &quot;stock&quot; that should be used to determine if 2 stocks are equivalent when there is no other characteristic (such as PART_NUMBER) available.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">UNIQUE_ID</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Routing Electrical, used to designate the identifier of a device and to designate the pin name of a port.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">WEIGHT</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Used to set the mass properties for stock and fittings.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">WEIGHT_UNITS</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the units of the WEIGHT characteristics.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">WIDTH</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The width of a rectangular stock.</p>
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