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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">AP214 G5 Brep model to NX</div>
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      <div class="title_division">G5 &ndash; Advanced boundary representation solids</div>
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               <p class="para_th">STEP Entity</p>
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               <p class="para_td">advanced_brep_shape_representation</p>
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               <p class="para_td">1</p>
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               <p class="para_td">manifold_solid_brep</p>
               <p class="para_td">brep_with_voids</p>
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               <p class="para_td">body</p>
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               <p class="para_td">2</p>
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               <p class="para_td">(oriented_) closed_shell</p>
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               <p class="para_td">shell</p>
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               <p class="para_td">6</p>
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               <p class="para_td">advanced_face</p>
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               <p class="para_td">face</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; b_spline_surface (all subtypes)</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; B-surface</p>
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               <p class="para_td">3, 8</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Conical_surface</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; cone</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Cylindrical_surface</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; cylinder</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Plane</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; plane</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Spherical_surface</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; sphere</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Toroidal_surface</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; torus</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Surface_of_revolution</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; surface_of_revolution</p>
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               <p class="para_td">10</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Surface_of_linear_extrusion</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; extruded_surface</p>
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               <p class="para_td">11</p>
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               <p class="para_td">face_bound&rarr;edge_loop</p>
               <p class="para_td">face_bound&rarr;vertex_loop</p>
               <p class="para_td">face_outer_bound&rarr;edge_loop</p>
               <p class="para_td">face_outer_bound&rarr;vertex_loop</p>
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               <p class="para_td">loop</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">oriented_edge&rarr;edge_curve</p>
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               <p class="para_td">edge</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; b_spline_curve (all subtypes)</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; b&ndash;curve</p>
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               <p class="para_td">4, 9</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Circle</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; circle</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Ellipse</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; ellipse</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Hyperbola</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; b-curve</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Line</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; line</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Parabola</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; b-curve</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Polyline</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; line</p>
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               <p class="para_td">7</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Intersection_curve</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; &ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">5</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; seam_curve</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; &ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">5</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Surface_curve</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; &ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">5</p>
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               <p class="para_td">vertex</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&ndash;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; Cartesian_point</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp; point</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Note 1</p>
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               <p class="para_td">No Specific NX entity generated. This is merely a pointer.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Note 2</p>
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               <p class="para_td">STEP brep_with_voids entities is processed into NX solid bodies with voids.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Note 3</p>
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               <p class="para_td">All STEP b_spline_surface subtypes are processed into NX b-surface entities.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Note 4</p>
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               <p class="para_td">All STEP b_spline_curve subtypes are processed into NX b-curve entities.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Note 5</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The underlying STEP curve entity pointed to by a STEP intersection_curve, seam_curve, or surface_curve entity is processed into an appropriate NX curve entity provided said underlying STEP curve entity is a STEP b_spline_curve, circle, ellipse, hyperbola, line, parabola, or polyline.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Note 6</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The STEP oriented_closed_shell entity is used to describe inner voids of a solid with voids. If there are no voids, the oriented_closed_shell entity is not used.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Note 7</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The first and last point of the polyline point array are used to form a 2 point line.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Note 8</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Will be simplified to equivalent b-surface with weights removed or analytic cone, cylinder, plane, sphere, or torus if possible.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Note 9</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Will be simplified to equivalent b-curve with weights removed or analytic circle or line if possible.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Note 10</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Will be simplified to equivalent analytic cone, cylinder, sphere, or torus if possible.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Note 11</p>
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