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Lesson 1NX Part Files

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ESN Review - Lesson 1What is the most important line in the

NX User Interface?

Cue Line

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ESN Review - Lesson 1True/False?

When creating a New part in NX, you must enter the “.prt” extension.

False

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ESN Review - Lesson 1How do you make a copy of a file from within

NX?

File Save As

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ESN Review - Lesson 1While creating a part, what can you use to

help control the visibility and selectability of objects in the part?

Format Layers Settings

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ESN Review - Lesson 1What are the four Classifications of Layers?

WorkSelectableVisible OnlyInvisible

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ESN Review - Lesson 1Which layer are all new objects created on?

The Work Layer

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What option allows an object to be moved from one layer to another?

FormatMove to Layer

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ESN Review - Lesson 1What Pull-Down option is used to change

from one loaded part to another?

Window...

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ESN Review

Lesson 2The NX User

Interface

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ESN Review - Lesson 2What tool allows you search the system for a

command that you can not find?

Command Finder

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ESN Review - Lesson 2After customizing the toolbars and icons in

NX, what can you create to save your layout?

A user Role

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ESN Review - Lesson 2To increase productivity, what can be used to

OK your menu selections?

The Middle Mouse Button

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ESN Review - Lesson 2Most of the common view manipulation

functions, e.g. Zoom, Pan, Rotate, can be accessed by using?

The Mouse Buttons

• Middle mouse button = Rotate• Middle + Right mouse button = Pan• Middle + Left mouse button = Zoom In/Out

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ESN Review - Lesson 2How do you access the radial pop-up display

icons that are available for various common NX functions? Example:

Hold down the RightMouse button

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ESN Review - Lesson 2What tool allows your cursor to see all the

objects behind it?

QuickPick

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ESN Review

Lesson 3Coordinate Systems

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ESN Review - Lesson 3Which Coordinate System is manipulated by

the user?

The Work Coordinate System (WCS)

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ESN Review - Lesson 3How may the WCS be manipulated?

Select the appropriate Handle to:• Rotate• Change the Origin• Re-orient

By double-clicking on itOr by choosing the WCS Dynamics icon

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ESN Review - Lesson 3What option(s) allows you to define

points for locations?

The Point Constructor

Snap Point

OR

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ESN Review

Lesson 4Sketch Task Environment

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ESN Review - Lesson 4When should a sketch be used?

Whenever there is a need to parametrically control a set of curves.

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ESN Review - Lesson 4What should be considered when working

with a Sketch?

Design Intent

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A Sketch is a Feature.

True

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ESN Review - Lesson 4What factor determines the layer on which a

sketch is created?

The Work Layer at the time of creating the Sketch.

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ESN Review - Lesson 4What must be established to create a sketch?

• Placement Face• Reference Direction

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ESN Review - Lesson 4What line in the NX user interface provides

feedback to the operations you are performing while in sketcher?

CUE Line

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ESN Review - Lesson 4What options in the sketch environment allows

orientation of the view to the sketch or to the model?

Orient View to Model

Orient View to Sketch

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While using the Profile option in the sketcher, how do you change from the line creation mode to the arc creation mode?

Hold down Left Mouse button and drag across the screen

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A sketch must be fully constrained before creating a swept feature.

False

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ESN Review - Lesson 4What are the two types of constraints for a

sketch?

• Geometric: done using the Create Constraints icon

• Dimensional: done using one of the Dimension icons

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ESN Review - Lesson 4What are two ways to show the geometric

constraints of a sketch?

orShow/Remove Constraints

The Show All Constraints icon

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ESN Review - Lesson 4How can you tell what area of a sketch still

needs constraints?

Degree of Freedom Arrows (DOF’s)

Constrained sketch curves change color

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ESN Review - Lesson 4Dimensions and geometry that are highlighted

red within a sketch represent what condition?

Over Constrained

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ESN Review - Lesson 4What option(s) controls whether or not an

inferred constraint is created while creating a profile?

The Create Inferred toggle

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ESN Review

Lesson 5Expressions

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The most important line in the NX User Interface is the ____ ____ .Cue Line

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When does NX automatically create Expressions?

• When a Feature is positioned• When a Sketch is dimensioned

• When a Feature is created

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Which of the following cannot be used in expression names?

A. Letters C. Numbers B. Underscores D. Dashes

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True/False? To create an expression, there must be a name and a formula assigned to the expression.

True

Length = Width/2

Name Formula

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True/False? Any expression can be deleted by using the delete key in the Expression Dialog Box.

FalseExpressions that are still in use cannot be

deleted

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ESN Review

Lesson 6Datum Features

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What type of Datum Planes are associative to other geometric objects?

Relative

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True/False?Selecting the object or objects you would like the datum plane to be associated with is the key to creating relative datum planes.

True

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ESN Review - Lesson 6What is the method to create a relative datum

plane through the axis of a cylinder and at an angle to an existing plane?

A. Select the Cylindrical Axis and then the Datum PlaneB. Select the Datum Plane and then the Cylindrical AxisC. EitherD. Neither

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When selecting Datum Planes, where must they be selected?

On the “edge”

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What are Datum Axis used for?

• Axis of Rotation for Revolved Features• Axis of Rotation for Circular Arrays• Pivot Axis for Datum Planes• Directional Reference• Dimensional Reference for Feature Position

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What determines the vector direction of a Datum Axis thru two points?

The order in which the points were selected.

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ESN Review

Lesson 7Swept Features

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ESN Review - Lesson 7What are the three types of Swept Features?

ExtrudeRevolveSweep Along a Guide

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ESN Review - Lesson 7Once a Section String has been swept into a

feature, can the curves be deleted to reduce the number of objects in the part file?

No

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If the Section String was a Sketch, what can you do to “combine” the Sketch and Extrude into one feature?

Make the Sketch Internal

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What are the three Boolean Operations?

UniteSubtractIntersect

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ESN Review - Lesson 7When performing a Boolean Operation, what

must be selected?

A Target Solid and Tool Solid(s)

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ESN Review - Lesson 7When performing a Boolean Operation, the

resultant solid takes on the attributes of which solid?

The Target Solid

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ESN Review - Lesson 7When performing a Boolean operation, can

the resultant solid have a zero thickness?

No

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ESN Review - Lesson 7How can all the curves of a sketch be easily

selected for a swept feature?

By using selection intent. Ex. Feature Curves or Infer Curves

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Lesson 8Part Structure

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ESN Review - Lesson 8When examining a part, how do you make

sure you can see all the objects contained in the part?

Layers, which allow you to control the Visibility and Selectability of objects.

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ESN Review - Lesson 8What tool lists the features of the file and can be

used as a shortcut to various display and editing functions?

Part Navigator

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ESN Review - Lesson 8What can be done to identify Parent/Child

relationships?

Pick a feature in the Part Navigator and view the highlighted Parents/Children

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ESN Review - Lesson 8What option(s) allows the user to reconstruct the

model and watch the progress graphically?

Feature Replay & Suppress/Unsuppress

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ESN Review - Lesson 8What option allows you to change the creation

order of the features that make up a solid body?

or

ReorderRemember you can

also drag & drop

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The ____ _____ is your friend in NX?Cue Line

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ESN Review

Lesson 9Using Sketches

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How can an unconstrained sketch curve easily be moved from one location to another?

By Dragging the geometry on the screen


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How can you easily switch between one valid solution to another?


Alternate Solution

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An easy way to create a symmetric sketch profile is to use what command?


Mirror Curve

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How do you move a sketch to a different placement face?


Reattach

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ESN Review

Lesson 10Trim Body

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True or FalseTo perform a Trim operation, the Trimming

object must completely cut thru the target.

True


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The vector arrow in the Trim operation points to the side that is kept or discarded?

discarded


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Lesson 11Swept Feature

Options

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ESN Review - Lesson 11To associate the start

and/or end of the extrusion to specific faces of a model, which option(s) would be used?

Until NextUntil SelectedUntil ExtendedThrough All

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ESN Review - Lesson 11Can a solid body be created from an open

section string?Yes, by using the offset option

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When creating an extruded body the direction of the Offset Vector can be changed by selecting Reverse Direction.

False

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True/False?An Extrude feature can have multiple draft angles included in the feature?

True

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ESN Review - Lesson 11How do you access

“Design Logic” parameter entry options ?

With the arrownext to the value

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Lesson 12Hole Features

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ESN Review - Lesson 12A Hole feature requires what for position?

A Point

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ESN Review - Lesson 12If a control point or existing point is not selected for

a Hole, what will NX try to automatically create?

A Sketch Point

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ESN Review - Lesson 12What is used to locate a Hole relative to its

parent solid?

____________ _____________ Sketch Constraints

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ESN Review - Lesson 12True or FalseThe Hole feature allows you to create multiple

Holes in one feature?

True

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ESN Review - Lesson 12What option allows you to change the size and

location of a Hole?Edit Parameters

• Double Click on Feature• MB3 over feature• Double Click on Feature in the Part Navigator• MB3 over feature in the Part Navigator• Use Edit Feature Parameters Icon• Use Edit Feature Parameters

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Lesson 13Shell

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ESN Review - Lesson 13What three parameters can you specify when

creating a Shell Feature?

Alternate Thickness

Optional

ThicknessFace to Pierce

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Lesson 14Associative Copies

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ESN Review - Lesson 14When performing a Rectangular Array the

direction of the offset is measured along what?

The WCS

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In a Rectangular Instance Array, the XC and YC Offset values must always be positive?

False

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When entering the value for the number of instances, the original feature is included in the count.

True

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Using a hole center as the rotation point of a Circular Array creates associativity between that hole center and the array origin.

False

Use a Datum Axis for associativity

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ESN Review - Lesson 14A Mirror Body can only be created by using

what as the mirror plane?

A Datum Plane

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ESN Review - Lesson 14To have the Mirror Body feature always

automatically update to the parent solid, what option must be set?

Fix at Current Timestamp should be turned off

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Lesson 15Edge Operations

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ESN Review - Lesson 15Which option allows you create a cylindrical

face in place of an edge on a solid body?

Edge Blend

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ESN Review - Lesson 15During a Blend operation, what option allows

you to select any one edge of a tangent string of edges such that the system will select the rest?

Tangent Curves in the Selection Bar

Look for this cursor icon to let you know

that “Selection Intent” is available

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ESN Review - Lesson 15Which option allows you to bevel one edge or

several edges of a solid body?

Chamfer

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ESN Review

Lesson 16Introduction to

Assemblies

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ESN Review - Lesson 16An assembly is a collection of pointers called

__________ _______ .Component Objects

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ESN Review - Lesson 16What dialog box determines how and from

where the system loads the component parts?

Assembly Load Options

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AssemblyNavigator

What tool shows a graphical display of an assembly structure in a separate window and provides a quick and easy method of manipulating components in an assembly?

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When selecting components for an operation, you can select them using the Assembly Navigator by choosing the appropriate node with MB1.

True

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ESN Review - Lesson 16Work Part or Displayed Part?

Working in the context of an assembly means that the assembly is the _________ part while a component of that assembly is the _____ part.Work

Displayed

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ESN Review - Lesson 16What action can be done with MB1 on any

node in the Assembly Navigator to quickly make it the work part?

Double-Click

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ESN Review - Lesson 16What function removes multiple occurrences

of a component from the Assembly Navigator and replaces the occurrences with a single node and a multiplier.

Pack Right click on any of the multiples

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If a Save operation is done at the component level, the entire assembly and all the components are saved.

False

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ESN Review

Lesson 17Adding and

Constraining Components

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The Assemblies Application

ESN Review - Lesson 17What must be turned ON to gain access to

many of the assembly functions?

or

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ESN Review - Lesson 17What are the two basic ways to define an

assembly model?

• Top-Down Modeling• Bottom-Up Modeling

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Where are most of the component functions found?

The Assemblies Toolbar

AssembliesComponentsOR

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What command is used to create an assembly using the bottom up approach?

Add Component

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ESN Review - Lesson 17What option allows associative positioning of

assembly components?

Assembly Constraints

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To lock down a component in space you would use the __________ constraint. Fix

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When defining an Assembly Constraint between two components, does it matter which component you select first?

No

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ESN Review - Lesson 17When applying the default Touch/Align constraint

between two planar faces, their face normals will be made parallel to one another and point in which directions, opposite or the same?

Opposite (The default is a “Touch” constraint)

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ESN Review - Lesson 17What tool will help you with all your

assembly work?

Cue Line

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Lesson 18Introduction to

Drafting

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What is the main benefit of the Master Model Concept?

Concurrent Engineering

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True/False?To use Master Model Concept all you need is

a simple assembly?

True

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ESN Review - Lesson 18What menu option is used to modify an

existing drawing?

EditSheet

You can also double click on the border

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True/False? When a view is removed, the drafting objects associated to that view remain.

False

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• Double Click on View Border• MB3 over View Border• Double Click on View in Part Navigator• MB3 over View in the Part Navigator• Use Style Icon• Use Edit Style pulldown

ESN Review - Lesson 18What option allows the display of objects in a

view to be edited? E.g. Turning hidden lines off. Style

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ESN Review - Lesson 18What dimension option allows text to be

placed near a dimension?Annotation EditorRight Mouse

button or

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What is a quick way to edit a previously created dimension?

Double click on the dimension.

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ESN Review - Lesson 18Where are the Global Drafting Preferences

found?

From the Preferences Pull Down

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ESN Review - Lesson 18What dialog box allows the creation of notes,

labels, and other drafting text and symbols?

Note

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ESN Review - Lesson 18In the Drafting application, What is

the most important line in the NX User Interface?

Cue Line

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Lesson 19Editing Models

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ESN Review - Lesson 19True or FalseAfter editing a model, all the changed

dimensions on the drawing will be lost.

False

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ESN Review - Lesson 19What tools can you use to edit a part

that has no features?

Synchronous Modeling

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ESN Review - Lesson 19What option in the Move Face command

allows the system to look for similar faces? Ex. Coaxial, Coplaner, Symmetric

Face Finder

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