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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/vda_criteria.html');return(false);">Description of the Check Criteria</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Maximum Polynomial Degree (M4)</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Faces of solid bodies and sheet bodies (in case of underlying surface is a bspline surface)</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Constraint value of Maximum Degree of surfaces</p>
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               <p class="para_td">What is analyzed ?</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The polynomial degree (degree = order - 1) in u/v parameterization direction of the surface is checked. The criterion (M4sf) is violated if the degree exceeds the constraint value of Maximum Degree of surfaces. </p>
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               <p class="para_th">Example of Polynomial Degree of Surfaces: 2x3 (left), 11x15 (right)</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">polynomial degree of underlying spline surface</p>
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