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<a xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" name="hj-top"> </a><table xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" class="table1" id="table11"><tr><td><table class="DocHeader"><tr><td class="DocHeader1" colspan="2"><h1>Advanced Properties</h1></td></tr><tr><td class="DocHeader4" colspan="2"/></tr><tr><td class="DocHeader3" colspan="2"><table class="DocThemeIntro" id="table12"><tr><td class="Intro1Only"><p class="header"><p><span>The Advanced Properties page lets you customize all the document settings available in the registry.</span>
<p>You can define some of these settings in the Application Preferences or (Default) Document Properties pages.</p><p>
      The following topics are discussed:
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<div xmlns=""><p>The icons available at the top of the page let you configure how the properties list is displayed.</p>

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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e32 ">Lists settings by category.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e30 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Alphabetic</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e32 ">Lists settings alphabetically.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e30 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Show Advanced Preferences Only</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e32 ">Displays advanced settings only. To list settings available from other (Default) Document Properties pages, clear this option.
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<div xmlns=""><p><span>Advanced properties let you customize all the document settings available in the registry.</span>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e76 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">CGMMetafileName</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e78 ">Specifies the name of the Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) metafile. For details, see 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">CGM options</span> in the Technical Illustration - Options page.
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e76 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Primitive Offset (%)
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e78 "><p xmlns="">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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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e76 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">ShowCalloutExponentX1</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e78 ">Displays quantities of 1 as callout quantity exponents. For details, see the 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Quantity exponent</span> callout property.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e76 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IO3dxmlImportOnlyLeafGeometries</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e78 ">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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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e76 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOIdentifierType
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e78 ">Specifies how Composer generates GUIDs for geometry actors:
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<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">0</span> - Generates random, 

unique 32-byte IDs (for example: "805fb301f8f12ca6").

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<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>
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<span xmlns="" class="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 xmlns="" class="uicontrol">2</span> for better performance.

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<span xmlns="" class="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.

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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e76 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOImportCurvesStayOnTop
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e78 ">Specifies that curves, wires,wireframe and construction geometries (construction lines, construction circles and construction threads) are imported as staying on top.
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e78 ">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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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e76 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOImportPointsStayOnTop
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e78 ">Specifies that points and construction points are imported as staying on top of the geometry.
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e76 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol"> IOSWImportCloneSamePartInstances</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e78 ">When importing SOLIDWORKS files, all instances of a given part will be viewed and converted as clones. <p xmlns="">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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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e76 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol" id="r-Properties__IOSWImportGraphicData">IOSWImportGraphicData
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e78 ">Imports default model tessellations (graphic representations) from SOLIDWORKS files instead of performing complete translations, thereby improving load times. Because tessellations are not recomputed, 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Refinement</span> settings are ignored.
 <table xmlns="" 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).
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e76 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol" id="r-Properties__BOMFilter">BOM.Filter
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d18176e78 ">Specifies the default state for 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Show Visible Actors Only</span> on the BOM pane, 0=disabled and 1=enabled.
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