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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">You can use the ptb2ss utility for editing Part Tables. This utility allows you to:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Convert the Part Table data to XS3 format. The XS3 format can be opened in the <b class="uiTerm">NX Spreadsheet</b>, or,
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            <p class="para_item">Create an intermediate file, which can be imported into a spreadsheet. The intermediate file generated is a text file with a delimiter.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">No environment variables are required for running this utility.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">ptb2ss [ &ndash;d {delimiter}] [ &ndash;e {extension}] file(s)</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;d</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the delimiter for output file. Default delimiter is tabs. Do not use space as the delimiter.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;e</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the extension for the output file. The default extension is .tsv. If you specify the extension as .xs3, the output file is in XS3 format and the delimited is ignored.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">file(s)</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The Part Table files to convert. The file name should include the .ptb extension.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">ptb2ss cnd_stock.ptb</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Outputs cnd_stock.tsv using the default tab delimiter.</p>
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