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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The CATIA V4 translator only converts solid and sheet bodies. The translator will simplify the surfaces and edges on those bodies to analytic surfaces or edges whenever possible.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Assembly structures</div>
      <p class="para_division">When you open a CATIA V4 model that contains an assembly structure, the translator will convert all solid and sheet bodies in that assembly into a single NX part file. The translator will maintain the positions of the bodies, but the translator will not convert the assembly structure.</p>
      <p class="para_division">When you want to convert a NX assembly to a CATIA V4 model file, you must use the <b class="uiTerm">V4 CATIA Solids</b> command on the <b class="uiTerm">Export</b> menu. Select each of the bodies that you want to export. The translator will convert these bodies to a single CATIA V4 model file. The translator will maintain the positions of the bodies, but the translator will not convert the assembly structure.
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      <div class="title_division">Layer mapping</div>
      <p class="para_division">Since CATIA V4 layers range from zero to 255 and NX layers range from one to 256, layers zero and 256 need special attention when importing and exporting CATIA V4 bodies. During <b class="uiTerm">Import</b>, the translator moves any body on CATIA V4 layer zero to NX layer 1. On <b class="uiTerm">Export</b>, the translator moves any NX body on layer 256 to CATIA V4 layer 255. The translator maps all other layers <em>as is</em>.
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      <p class="para_division">During the <b class="uiTerm">Part</b> command on the <b class="uiTerm">Import</b> menu and while adding a component to an assembly using the <b class="uiTerm">Add Existing</b> command on the <b class="uiTerm">Components</b> menu, you can import the bodies from the CATIA V4 file onto the current work layer.
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      <div class="title_division">Edge font mapping</div>
      <p class="para_division">If the edges of the solid or sheet body have a line font specified on them, then the translator will map them directly to the corresponding line font in the other system.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Edge thickness mapping</div>
      <p class="para_division">If the edges of the solid or sheet body have a line thickness specified on them, then the translator will map them to the other system&rsquo;s line thickness according to the following table.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CATIA V4 Line Thickness</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">NX Line Thickness</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Thin</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">2</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Normal</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">4</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Normal</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">6</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Thick</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">8</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Thick</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">10</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Thick</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">Figure. CATIA V4 to NX (import)</div>
      <div class="title_division">Color mapping</div>
      <p class="para_division">When importing CATIA V4 bodies, the translator will map the colors on the faces and edges of the bodies according to the table below.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CATIA V4 Color Number or Range</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CATIA V4 Color Name/Range</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">White</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">100%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">100%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">100%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">2</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Red</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">100%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">3</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">4</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">5</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Yellow</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">100%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">100%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">6&ndash;20</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0%...100%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">21&ndash;35</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Shades of red</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0%...100%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">36&ndash;50</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Shades of green</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">51&ndash;65</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">66&ndash;80</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0%...100%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">81&ndash;95</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Shades of magenta</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0%...100%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">96&ndash;110</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">111&ndash;125</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Dark Green to Azure</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">60%</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0%...100%</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">Figure. CATIA V4 to NX (import)</div>
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