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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('ugcatia5/introduction.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('ugcatia5/command_line.html');return(false);">Options</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The basic syntax of the command line is:</p><pre class="indent">catiav5.exe [I=]&lt;input.CATPart&gt; [O=&lt;output.prt&gt;] [D=&lt;catiav5.def&gt;] [L=&lt;mylogfile.log&gt;]</pre><p class="para_topic">where:</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Option</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Description</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">I</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies the input file name. The <b class="uiTerm">I=</b> is optional if you are only specifying input files on the command line. The translator assumes that any argument on the command line that does not have an option letter in front of it is an input file.
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                  <p class="para_td">O</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies the output file name. There can only be one <b class="uiTerm">O=</b> option and it always corresponds to the <b class="uiTerm">I=</b> input file name.
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                  <p class="para_td">D</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies the name of the CATIA V5 translator defaults file. The defaults file allows you to:</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Specify an assembly search path when converting to NX.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Choose whether or not to simplify nearly analytical surfaces to exactly analytical surfaces when converting to NX.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Specify units to use when converting to NX.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Specify whether to convert CATIA V5 <em>No Show</em> entities to NX.
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                        <p class="para_item">Specify entities to import when converting to NX.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Specify entities to export when converting to CATIA V5; and,</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Specify assembly load options when converting to CATIA V5.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies the name of a log file in which the translator records the details of the translation. If you do not specify a log file, the translator creates a log file called catiav5.log in the same directory as the output file.</p>
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