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To Create the mc_dup_model.bin File
1. Download the mc_si_merge_20000716.exe (Windows NT) or mc_si_merge_20000716.sun (UNIX) utilities from ftp.ptc.com/utils/shape_ind/ to the directory specified by the DIR_MC_DUP_WRITE configuration option. Use mccust and mc21 as the user name and password, respectively.
2. Create a file with a list of all the files to be combined with the mc_dup_model.bin file using one of the following commands:
ls -1 mc_dupl* > list.txt (on UNIX)
dir /b mc_dupl* > list.txt (on DOS)
3. Combine the files with the following command:
mc_si_merge_20000716.exe mc_dup_model.bin [-z] [-f <list.txt>]
where z is used to zoom or change the default value of the search criteria. Creo ModelCHECK uses a number of shape indexing parameters to compare models to one another. Two models are considered similar if the values of their corresponding parameters are within a specific percentage of each other. This percentage is called the search criteria. The value of the search criteria is 5% by default.
4. Specify a value for the search criteria. The maximum value is 10%.
 
* If you type a new value for the search criteria, the old value is multiplied by the new value. If -z is not used in the merge command, you cannot enter a new value and the existing value is used.
A new mc_dup_model.bin file is created in the current directory or appended to an existing file.
5. Copy the created mc_dup_model.bin file to the directory specified by the DIR_MC_DUP_READ configuration option.
 
* When information is added to the mc_dup_model.bin file, Creo ModelCHECK searches the file for models with the same name. If a model with the same name is found, its information is overwritten with the latest information.