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Save Project: The Save Project option stores the project with the .wbpj extension at the specified
location.

Export: The Export option is used to export a model to the DesignModeler application (.agdb),
Parasolid (.x_t, .xmt_txt or .x_b, .xmt_bin), ANSYS Neutral File (.anf) , Monte Carlo N-Particle (.mcnp),
IGES (.igs), STEP (.stp) format or ANSYS Icepak Model (model) format.

The original model name still presides over the DesignModeler application session. Note that bodies
that are grouped in multiple body parts do not share topology when exported to formats other than
the DesignModeler application's agdb. In those cases, all bodies are treated as if they are single body
parts.

Models edited in the DesignModeler application are stored in meters internally. Therefore, when you
Export to any CAD interface, the model is in meters.

Attach to Active CAD Geometry: You can import a model into the DesignModeler application that is
currently open in a CAD session on your computer. Use the Attach to Active CAD Geometry option to
import the model into the DesignModeler application, where it will appear as an attached feature in
the feature Tree Outline. You do not need to begin a new model to use the Attach to Active CAD
Geometry option and it can be used at any time (and multiple times) during any the DesignModeler
application session.

Import External Geometry File: The Import External Geometry File option is used exclusively to
import foreign models such as:

w ACIS (extension .sab and .sat)
w BladeGen (extension .bgd)
w GAMBIT (extension .dbs)
w Monte Carlo N-Particle (extension .mcnp)
w CATIA V5 (extension .CATPart and .CATProduct)
w IGES (extension .igs or .iges)
w Parasolid (extension .x_t and .xmt_txt for text files; extension .x_b and .xmt_bin
for neutral binary files)
w SpaceClaim (extension .scdoc)
w STEP (extension .step and .stp)

Import Shaft Geometry: The Import Shaft Geometry feature uses a text file to generate a collection of
line bodies with circular or circular tube cross sections. Each segment of the shaft is referred to as a
station, and consists of a line body containing a single edge. Each line body's cross section dimensions
are defined in the text file. The line bodies themselves are arranged end to end starting from the origin
of the selected base plane and extending out ward in its +Z direction. There is no limit to the number of
stations the user may define in their text file so long as the bodies fit in the model bounding box and
each station uses a unique identifier. The format of the text file is as follows:

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