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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Translating a single Pro/E part file</div>
      <p class="para_division">The simplest form of the command line is to specify a single Pro/E file. For example:</p><pre class="indent">&quot;C:\Program Files\NX5\nxproe\nxproe.exe&quot; C:\proe\test_file.asm.1</pre><p class="para_division">This command creates an NX part file in the same directory that contains the Pro/E file (such as in the C:\proe directory). Since this command does not specify a log file, the translator creates a log file called <em>test_file.log</em> in the current directory.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">If any of the directories specified on the command line contain spaces, you must add double quotes around the entire path and file name.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">You can also specify the name of the NX file to create. For example:</p><pre class="indent">&quot;C:\Program Files\NX5\nxproe\nxproe.exe&quot; i=C:\proe\test_file.prt o=C:\parts\test_file.prt</pre><p class="para_division">This command creates the NX part file <em>test_file.prt</em> in the <em>C:\parts</em> directory. The output part has a suffix (_&lt;number&gt;) making the part name unique to existing files in the output directory. Notice that when you specify more than one command line option, you need to use the option characters. Since this command does not specify a log file, the translator creates a log file called <em>test_file.log</em> in the current directory.
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      <p class="para_division">You can also specify a log file in which the translator records the details of the translation. &nbsp;For example:</p><pre class="indent">&quot;C:\Program Files\NX5\nxproe\nxproe.exe&quot; i=C:\proe\test_file.prt o=C:\parts\test_file.prt l=C:\temp\proe.log</pre><div class="title_division">Translating multiple Pro/E part files</div>
      <p class="para_division">The easiest way to translate several Pro/E files at the same time is to use wildcards. For example:</p><pre class="indent">&quot;C:\Program Files\NX5\nxproe\nxproe.exe&quot; C:\nxproe\*washer*.prt</pre><p class="para_division">This command finds all Pro/E files that have the word <em>washer</em> in the name. The translator creates the NX part files in the same directory as the Pro/E files.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">When you want to use wild cards, you cannot also use double quotes. The double quotes force the translator to take the file name literally without expanding the wildcards.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Translating a single Pro/E assembly file</div>
      <p class="para_division">The simplest form of the command line is to specify a single Pro/E assembly. &nbsp;For example:</p><pre class="indent">&quot;C:\Program Files\NX5\nxproe\nxproe.exe&quot; C:\proe\assem.asm</pre><p class="para_division">This command creates an NX assembly in the same directory that contains the Pro/E file for example, in the C:\proe directory). Since this command does not specify a log file, the translator creates a log file called <em>assem.log</em> in the current directory.
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      <p class="para_division">The translator always uses the directory that contains the assembly (for example, C:\proe) as the first place it looks for component Pro/E files. If all of your components are in the same directory as the assembly, then the command line shown above works as is.</p><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="entity_mapping.html">Entity mapping</a><br></body>
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