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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Overview</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Translator-specific customer defaults are available under <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('cust_defaults/index.html?goto=cust_defaults/01topic_1.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Customer Defaults.</a> The following options can be set in customer defaults.
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      <div class="title_division">Import</div>
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                  <p class="para_td">Option</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Selections</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Description</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Import to</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">New Part</p>
                  <p class="para_td">Work Part</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Set the options used most frequently for import and the same will update in the translator dialog box.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Settings file</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">By default, the translator dialog box will use the import settings from the translator install directory. If you want to use a different settings file for import then you can specify it here and the dialog box will make use of it.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Input File Directory</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">If you frequently import data from one specific directory you can specify that location here.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Output Directory</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">This directory is used if you are importing data to a new part. If you do not specify any directory here then the new part will be saved to the current directory.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Option</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Selections</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Description</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Import from</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Displayed Part</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Set the options used most frequently for exporting data from an existing part and the same will update in the translator dialog box.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Settings file</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">By default, the translator dialog box will use the export settings from the translator install directory. If you want to use a different settings file for export then you can specify it here and the dialog box will make use of it.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Input File Directory</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">If you frequently export data from one specific directory you can specify that location here.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Output Directory</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">If you want to write an output file to a specific directory then it can be specified here. The output will be written to current directory if this field is empty.</p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Some translator-specific options</div>
      <div class="title_division">2D Exchange</div>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Output to</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Modeling</p>
                  <p class="para_td">Drafting</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">If you frequently export data to Modeling then select Modeling here.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Output as</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">IGES</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">If you frequently export data to only one format such as DXF, DWG or IGES then select it here.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Output as</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">DXF</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">If you frequently export data to only one format such as DXF, then select it here.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">If you frequently export data to only one format such as DXF, DWG or IGES then select it here.</p>
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