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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/ana_onestep_form.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Unform Region</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Select Faces</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you define the objective surfaces to be unformed and calculated.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">If you select the entire surface of a body, a complete unform is performed. If you select a partial surfaces, an intermediate unform is performed.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Target Region</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Select Faces</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Available only for intermediate unform.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">Lets you define the target surfaces that the unform region is mapped to.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">The target region and unform region must have common edges which are selected and defined as the <b class="uiTerm">Curve to Curve</b> boundary condition constraint type for intermediate unform.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Boundary Conditions</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Constraint Type</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you specify the boundary constraints depending on the region selected to unform, and the unform type (either intermediate unform or complete unform). Depending on the unform type, you can select the constraint type from the following options:</p>
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Curve to Curve</b> &mdash; Lets you specify the curves that define the region for an intermediate unform.
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Point to Point</b> &mdash; Lets you specify the points that define the region for a complete unform.
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Curve along Curve</b> &mdash; Lets you specify the curves that define the region for a complete unform.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Select Curve</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you select curves to define the unform region boundaries.</p>
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                              <p class="para_note_body">For an intermediate unform, select common edges between the unform region and the target region.</p>
                              <p class="para_note_body">For a complete unform, select curves from the boundary on the unform region.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Specify Point</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you select a point on the surface of the unform region to lock the position.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Material</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Material</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Let you select the materials from a list. The available materials are those in the standard NX Material Library.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">If you customize the properties in the standard NX Material Library, that is reflected in the <b class="uiTerm">Material</b> list and the analysis results.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Draw Direction</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Specify Vector</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you define the normal of the unform plane.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">The unform region is flattened normal to the plane in the specified draw direction.</p>
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                              <p class="para_note_body">Draw direction is required only for a complete unform.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Reverse Direction</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Reverses the inferred draw direction.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Thickness</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Surface Type</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you specify where the unforming region is extracted from and then the solver automatically offsets these surfaces in the right direction. Select from the following options:</p>
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Inner Surface</b> &mdash; Lets you create an unformed region with an offset, which results in an unform profile larger than the original.
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Middle Surface</b> &mdash; Lets you create an unform region with no offset.
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Outer Surface</b> &mdash; Lets you create an unformed region with an offset which results in an unform profile smaller than the original.
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Infer Thickness</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Available only for solid bodies.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">Select this check box to automatically infer the thickness if the unform region surfaces are from a solid body.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Thickness</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Available only for sheet bodies.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">Sets the thickness to the value you specify. .</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Calculation</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Creates the mesh in the FEM part and saves it for re-use in subsequent runs of the analysis engine. This saves the software from generating the mesh over and over again each time the tool is run.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Calculation</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Launches the <b class="uiTerm">Onestep Formability Analysis</b> solver to start calculating the unforming results.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Display of Results</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Thickness</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Displays the thinning simulation results in a color-coded plot.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Displays the stress simulation results in a color-coded plot.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Strain</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Displays the strain simulation results in a color-coded plot.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Springback</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Displays the springback simulation results with before and after images of the model.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Flatten Shape</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Displays the flattened model results with mesh elements.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Report</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Generates an external XML file with an XSL template, and automatically captures the resulting pictures which are inserted in an XML file.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Show Model Boundary</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you hide or display boundary edges of the model while displaying the results.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Settings</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Settings</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Opens the <b class="uiTerm">One-step Analysis Settings</b> dialog box to edit the <b class="uiTerm">One-step Formability Analysis</b> settings.
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