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	 <span class="shortdesc">The Advanced Properties page lets you customize all the document
		settings available in the registry. 
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	 <p>You can define some of these settings in the Application Preferences or
		(Default) Document Properties pages. 
	 </p> 
	 <p><span class="ph">You can set these properties both for the active document and as document defaults.</span></p> 
	 <p> The following topics are discussed: 
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<td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e43 ">Lists settings by category.</td>
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<td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e43 ">Lists settings alphabetically.</td>
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<td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e41 "><span class="ph uicontrol">Show Advanced Preferences Only</span></td>
<td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e43 ">Displays advanced settings only. To list settings available from other (Default) Document Properties pages, clear this option.
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		<span class="shortdesc">Advanced properties let you customize all the document
		  settings available in the registry. 
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				  <th class="entry" valign="top" id="d30124e98">Property 
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				  <td class="entry" rowspan="3" valign="top" headers="d30124e95 "><span class="ph uicontrol">General</span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">CGMMetafileName</span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 ">Specifies the name of the Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)
					 metafile. For details, see 
					 <span class="ph uicontrol">CGM options</span> in the Technical
					 Illustration - Options page. 
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				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">Primitive Offset (%) 
					 </span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 "> 
					 <p>Specifies the distance that disc and square primitives are
						shifted forward relative to other geometry actors to avoid color conflicts
						(Z-fighting). Specify the offset as a percentage of the disc radius and square
						half-diagonal length. 
					 
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								<td class="entry" valign="top">0% 
								</td>
 
								<td class="entry" valign="top">3% 
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				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">ShowCalloutExponentX1</span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 ">Displays quantities of 1 as callout quantity exponents.
					 For details, see the 
					 <span class="ph uicontrol">Quantity exponent</span> callout property. 
				  </td>
 
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				  <td class="entry" rowspan="15" valign="top" headers="d30124e95 "><span class="ph uicontrol">Input - Import</span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">IO3dxmlImportOnlyLeafGeometries</span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 ">Imports only leaf geometry from 3DXML files. To also
					 import geometry on intermediate groups, clear this option. Typically,
					 intermediate geometry are 3DLive navigational representations (NavReps), but
					 they can also be real geometry. 
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				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">IOIdentifierType 
					 </span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 ">Specifies how Composer generates GUIDs for geometry
					 actors: 
					 <ul class="ul"> 
						<li class="li"> 
						  <span class="ph uicontrol">0</span> - Generates random, unique 32-byte
						  IDs (for example: "805fb301f8f12ca6"). 
						  <p> 
							 <table class="Remark" id="table132"><tr><td class="Remark"><span class="run-in">Important:
				</span> Not recommended. GUIDs are
								regenerated during each import, so geometry updates are not possible. 
							 </td></tr></table>
 
						  </p> 
						</li>
 
						<li class="li"> 
						  <span class="ph uicontrol">1</span> - Uses geometry names. IDs remain
						  the same during subsequent imports as long as the names in the CAD system do
						  not change. Unless required for backward compatibility, use 
						  <span class="ph uicontrol">2</span> for better performance. 
						</li>
 
						<li class="li"> 
						  <span class="ph uicontrol">2</span> - Uses geometry names, encrypting
						  names longer than 16 characters. GUIDs are always 16 characters or fewer,
						  resulting in smaller Composer files and improved performance. 
						</li>
 
					 </ul>
 
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				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">IOImportCurvesStayOnTop 
					 </span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 ">Specifies that curves, wires,wireframe and
					 construction geometries (construction lines, construction circles and
					 construction threads) are imported as staying on top. 
				  </td>
 
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				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">IOImportGeometriesAsTriangleStripSet 
					 </span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 ">Rearranges tessellation triangles during import to reduce
					 tessellation size in memory and improve render performance. This optimization
					 applies to SOLIDWORKS and 3DXML formats only.
					 For 3DXML only, clear this option to disable the optimization, which can
					 improve load times. Clearing this option has no effect on SOLIDWORKS 
					  files; the optimization is
					 always performed. 
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				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">IOImportPointsStayOnTop 
					 </span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 ">Specifies that points and construction points are imported
					 as staying on top of the geometry. 
					  
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				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">IOSWImportAppearance</span>
					 
					  
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 ">Imports all appearances in SOLIDWORKS
					 files. You can also set this option in the 
					 <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">File</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol">Open</span></span>
					 
					 <img class="image" src="../Icons22/FolderOpen.png"/> dialog box. On the 
					 <span class="keyword wintitle">SOLIDWORKS</span> tab, in the Options section,
					 select 
					 <span class="ph uicontrol">Import SOLIDWORKS appearance</span>. This
					 option is selected by default. 
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				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">IOSWImportBOM</span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 ">Imports part and assembly BOMs in
					 SOLIDWORKS files. After import, you can access and edit all the BOM properties
					 in Composer. You can also set this option in the 
					 <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">File</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol">Open</span></span>
					 
					 <img class="image" src="../Icons22/FolderOpen.png"/> dialog box. On the 
					 <span class="keyword wintitle">SOLIDWORKS</span> tab, in the Options section,
					 select 
					 <span class="ph uicontrol">Import SOLIDWORKS BOM</span>. This option is
					 selected by default. 
				  </td>
 
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				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">
						IOSWImportCloneSamePartInstances</span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 ">When importing SOLIDWORKS files, all instances
					 of a given part will be viewed and converted as clones. 
					 <p>Clear this option if you want independent geometries created
						for each instance of a given part. Note that this increases the file size. 
					 </p> 
				  </td>
 
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				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">IOSWImportEnvelope</span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 ">Imports all the SOLIDWORKS assembly envelopes.
					 
				  </td>
 
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				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">IOSWImportExplodeViews</span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 ">Imports all exploded, saved, and named views
					 in SOLIDWORKS files. This option is available for all three Open options: 
					 <span class="ph uicontrol">Open</span>, 
					 <span class="ph uicontrol">Merge into the current document</span>, and 
					 <span class="ph uicontrol">Merge into a new document</span>. You can also
					 set this option in the 
					 <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">File</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol">Open</span></span>
					 
					 <img class="image" src="../Icons22/FolderOpen.png"/> dialog box. On the 
					 <span class="keyword wintitle">SOLIDWORKS</span> tab, in the Options section,
					 select 
					 <span class="ph uicontrol">Import SOLIDWORKS Exploded Views and Saved
						Views</span>. This option is selected by default. In the 
					 <span class="keyword wintitle">Views</span> pane, the 
					 <span class="keyword wintitle">Views</span> tab displays the saved and named
					 views and the steps of the exploded views. 
					 <br/><img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/SwxImportExplodedViewsTab.png"/><br/> 
				  </td>
 
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				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">IOSWImportGraphicData 
					 </span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 ">Imports default model tessellations
					 (graphic representations) from SOLIDWORKS files instead of performing complete
					 translations, thereby improving load times. Because tessellations are not
					 recomputed, 
					 <span class="ph uicontrol">Refinement</span> settings are ignored. 
					 <table class="Remark" id="table132"><tr><td class="Remark"><span class="run-in">Important:
				</span>This option might not work for all
						SOLIDWORKS files. Enable this option only when importing very large assemblies
						to improve load times, or when tessellation fails for SOLIDWORKS parts
						originating from non-SOLIDWORKS formats (such as IGES or STEP). 
						 
					 </td></tr></table>
 
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				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol">BOM table</span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e98 "><span class="ph uicontrol" id="r-Properties__BOMFilter">BOM.Filter 
					 </span> 
				  </td>
 
				  <td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d30124e101 ">Specifies the default state for 
					 <span class="ph uicontrol">Show Visible Actors Only</span> on the BOM
					 pane, 0=disabled and 1=enabled. 
					 <p>For other property descriptions, see 
						<a class="xref" href="cps-r-Properties-BOMTable.htm#cps-r-Properties-BOMTable" title="You can set bill of materials (BOM) table properties in the Properties pane.">BOM Table Properties</a>.
						
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