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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">3D Fillet, Shell, and Draft operations</div>
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      <p class="para_topic"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_logo.gif" border="0"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/arrow.gif" border="0"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_logo.gif" border="0"></p>
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap714"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap715"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_fillet3d.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Fillet</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
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                        <p class="para_tip_body">NX generally uses the term Blend instead of Fillet.</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To blend edges and faces:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_blend_edge.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Edge Blend</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Detail Feature</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Edge Blend</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_blend_face.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Face Blend</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Detail Feature</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Face Blend</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To blend using different conic parameters:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_blend_soft.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Soft Blend</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Detail Feature</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Soft Blend</b></p>
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            </ul>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To create open surface &ldquo;sheet bodies&rdquo; (not sewn in):</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_fillet_surface.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Fillet</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Detail Feature</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Fillet</b></p>
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            </ul>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To create a free form fillet surface using conic section techniques:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_section_body.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Section</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Mesh Surface</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Section</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To create blends with specialized tangency and curvature constraints, use the Shape Studio <b class="uiTerm">Styled Blend</b> command:
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_styled_blend.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Styled Blend</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Detail Feature</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Styled Blend</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">(This requires a separate license.)</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
            <ul class="unmarkedList">
               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr; Creating Objects from the Insert Menu
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap716"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_chamfer.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Chamfer</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_chamfer_edge.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Chamfer</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Detail Feature</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Chamfer</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_29.html');return(false);">Feature Operations</a></p>
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               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr; Creating Objects from the Insert Menu
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               </li>
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap717"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_shell.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Shell</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_hollow.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Shell</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Offset/Scale</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Shell</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_29.html');return(false);">Feature Operations</a></p>
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               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr; Creating Objects from the Insert Menu
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap718"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_draft.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Draft</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To draft faces:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_taper.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Draft</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Detail Feature</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Draft</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To create a split draft:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_body_taper.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Body Taper</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Detail Feature</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Body Taper</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
            <ul class="unmarkedList">
               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_29.html');return(false);">Feature Operations</a></p>
               </li>
               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr; Creating Objects from the Insert Menu
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap719"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap720"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_offset_surf.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Offset Surface</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To thicken a sheet into a solid body:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_thicken_sht.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Thicken Sheet</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Offset/Scale</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Thicken Sheet</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To offset a face:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_offset_surface.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Offset Surface</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Offset/Scale</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Offset Surface</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">If a sheet body is offset, a new surface will be created. If a face from a solid body is offset, the face will be offset, and adjacent faces will be extended. The solid body will remain a solid.</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/06qt_surface_4.html');return(false);">Creating solids from surfaces</a></p>
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               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr; Creating Objects from the Insert Menu
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               </li>
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      <p class="para_topic"></p><a name="qt_mm_5_2e"></a><dl>
         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap721"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_midsurf.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Midsurface</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
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               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Surface</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Midsurface</b></p>
               </li>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
            <ul class="unmarkedList">
               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/06qt_surface_4.html');return(false);">Creating solids from surfaces</a></p>
               </li>
               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr; Creating Objects from the Insert Menu
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               </li>
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap722"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_flange.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Flange</b></p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
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                  <td valign="top" align="left"><img align="left" src="../graphics/tip.gif" alt="Tip" title="Tip"></td>
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                        <p class="para_tip_body">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Offset</b> options on the <b class="uiTerm"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_26.html');return(false);">Extrude</a></b> command to create simple flanges and edge lips.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See the <b class="uiTerm">Flange Surface</b> menu:
            </p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Flange Surface</b> &rarr; 
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                        <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Law Extension</b></p>
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                     <li>
                        <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Silhouette Flange</b></p>
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            </ul>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">There are several flange commands in the Sheet Metal menus.</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Feature</b> &rarr; 
                  </p>
               </li>
            </ul>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
            <ul class="unmarkedList">
               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_18.html');return(false);">Sheet Metal application</a></p>
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               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_29.html');return(false);">Feature Operations</a></p>
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               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Sheet Metal &rarr; Sheet Metal Design
                  </p>
               </li>
               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Sheet Metal &rarr;NX Sheet Metal
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               </li>
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      <p class="para_topic"></p><a name="qt_mm_5_2g"></a><dl>
         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap723"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_sheet_metal.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal</b></p>
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         <dd>
            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">The <b class="uiTerm">NX Sheet Metal</b> application provides a dynamic interface to model brake-formed sheet metal parts.
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/start.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Start</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">NX Sheet Metal</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Forming Flattening</b></p>
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            </ul>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">The Modeling application also includes some older Sheet Metal Design menus:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Feature</b> &rarr; 
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               </li>
            </ul>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
            <ul class="unmarkedList">
               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_18.html');return(false);">Sheet Metal application</a></p>
               </li>
               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Sheet Metal &rarr; Sheet Metal Design
                  </p>
               </li>
               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Sheet Metal &rarr;NX Sheet Metal
                  </p>
               </li>
            </ul>
         </dd>
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      <p class="para_topic">Return to the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/11qt_icon_function_map_2.html');return(false);">Modeling</a> icon panel:
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