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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Feature operations</div>
      <hr noshade="true"><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap356"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap357"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap358"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap359"></a><p class="para_topic"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
      <p class="para_topic">In I-deas, features including Fillet, Draft, and Shell operate on existing geometry. These features introduce an &ldquo;info&rdquo; leaf on the history tree to store the feature parameters.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">In NX, features that operate on existing geometry are grouped in the menus <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Detail Feature</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Combine Bodies</b> and also in the <b class="uiTerm">Feature Operation</b> toolbar.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Feature Operation</b> toolbar includes the commands: 
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_taper.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Draft</b> 
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-edgeblend.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Edge Blend</b> 
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-faceblend.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Face Blend</b> (comparable to the I-deas 3D <b class="uiTerm">Fillet</b> command)
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-edgechamfer.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Edge Chamfer</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_hollow.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Shell</b>)
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      </ul><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap361"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap362"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap363"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap364"></a><div class="title_division">Edge Blend</div>
      <p class="para_division">The NX <b class="uiTerm">Edge Blend</b> command displays a dialog box from which to select blend options.
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      <p class="para_division">These include the optional blend methods <b class="uiTerm">Constant Radius</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Variable Radius</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Setback</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Stop Short</b>.
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      <p class="para_division">To create a blend with multiple string sets with different radii, use <b class="uiTerm">Add Set</b> button to begin a new set with a different radius value.
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_blend_complete_set.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Add Set</b></p>
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      <p class="para_division">See also:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr; Creating Objects from the Insert Menu &rarr; Detail Feature
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr; Creating Objects from the Insert Menu &rarr; Offset/Scale
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr; Modeling Menu Quick Reference &rarr; Modeling Insert Options  &rarr; Detail Feature
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr; Modeling Menu Quick Reference &rarr; Modeling Insert Options  &rarr; Offset/Scale
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr; Modeling Menu Quick Reference &rarr; Modeling Insert Options  &rarr; Combine Bodies
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