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      <div class="title_refCategory">Reference Line Color</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option specifies the color used to draw the reference (contour, mold, form block) line geometry on the Flange, Inset Flange, and General Flange. By hiding all items of this color before placing views onto drawing sheets, you can keep the reference lines from appearing on drawings.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">SMD_ReferenceLineColor</p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Default Material</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option specifies the default material on the Sheet Metal Preferences dialog box. The material type should be defined in the standards file.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">SMD_DefaultMaterial</p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Check Standards on Create/Edit</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option determines whether or not a standards check should be performed when either the OK or Apply buttons are chosen on a Sheet Metal feature's Create or Edit Parameters dialog box.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Part</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Integer</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">SMD_CheckStdsOnCreate</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[Yes (1), No (0)]</p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Enforce Creation State Editing</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option applies to Sheet Metal Hole, Slot, Cutout, Punch, Solid Punch, and Bend features. This option determines whether or not these features can be edited when the model is not in the same state as when these features were created. When this check box is turned Off, these features can be edited in a different state, which will become the features' new creation state.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">SMD_EnforceCreationStateEditing</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[No (0), Yes (1)]</p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Forming Method</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option specifies how Straight Brake and Solid Punch features are formed and unformed.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">SMD_FormingMethod</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[Use Self-forming Features (0), Use Forming Operations (1)]</p>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">If the option Use Forming Operations is checked, Straight Brake and Solid Punch features will not be listed in the Form/Unform dialog box. The way to get these features to Form or Unform is to create Unbend and Rebend features on their cylindrical faces. If the option Use Self-Forming Features is checked, Straight Brake and Solid Punch features will be listed in the Form/Unform dialog box. The forming method for existing Straight Brake and Solid Punch features can be changed at any time by using Make Self-Forming Feature and Make Non-Self-Forming Feature. Use the MB3 shortcut menu options in the Part Navigator.</p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Sequential Processing</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option determines whether or not the processing of groups or items in Part in Process is processed sequentially. When this check box is turned On, the chosen item and everything above it in the tree list will be executed (all items before the chosen item will be processed first). When this check box is turned Off, only the chosen item will be executed.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">SMD_PIPSequentialProcessing</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Bracket Margin</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">During construction of a Sheet Metal Bracket, the system creates a base pad that trims to the proper size. The original base pad's size is based on an intersection curve and the clearance distance dimension. The Bracket Margin value is a percentage that increases these dimensions.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">SMD_BracketMaterialMargin</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Range:</p>
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                        &gt;=10.0
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option only affects the size of the original base pad and not the final Bracket. Increase the value if the Bracket outline curves do not lie entirely on the base pad.</p>
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