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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">4. Designing in an assembly context</div>
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                  <p class="para_designIntent_body">To create the outer side of the hinge, you will sketch the shape of the hinge to fit in the assembly context.</p>
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                  <p class="para_warning_body">To complete this tutorial section, you must have completed part 3, and have the ***_hinge_assy file displayed. </p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Make ***_hinge_outer the work part. (It has no geometry yet).
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-assemblynavigator.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Navigator</b></p>
         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb1_2x.gif" border="0"> Double-click the ***_hinge_outer component
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Any datums or features created in the assembly context are added to the work part, which is now ***_hinge_outer. Other components are dimmed.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Create a sketch on the YZ plane of the datum coordinate system.
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/new_icons/ico_t_sketch.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Sketch</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Feature</b> toolbar)
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb1.gif" border="0"> Select the YZ plane
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/button.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">OK</b></p>
         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/new_icons/ico_t_profile.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Profile</b> (This may be active by default.)
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb1.gif" border="0"> Sketch an open profile for the hinge side that mounts to the door.
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         <p class="para_action">Start at X=&ndash;50, Y=35. Sketch line lengths of about 30, 60, 40, 60, and 30 to give a shape as shown.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">You can ignore geometric and dimensional constraints for this section of the tutorial.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">The NX <b class="uiTerm">Extrude</b> command has an <b class="uiTerm">Offset</b> option that I-deas does not have. This offsets the sketch profile as it is extruded. In this case, this will result in extruding the open section you just sketched into a closed shape as show below.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Extrude the sketch with an offset. 
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/new_icons/ico_t_extruded_body.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Extrude</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Feature</b> toolbar)
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb1.gif" border="0"> (Select anywhere on the sketch)
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/field_dynamic.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">End:</b> <i class="variableText">25</i> (Drag handle 1.)
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/field_dynamic.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Start:</b> <i class="variableText">&ndash;25</i> (Drag handle 2.)
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         <p class="para_action"><b class="uiTerm">Offset</b> group:<br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/pull-down-menu.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Offset</b>: <b class="uiTerm">Two Sided</b></p>
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/field_dynamic.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Start:</b> <i class="variableText">0</i> (Drag handle 3, or enter 0.)
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/field_dynamic.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">End:</b> <i class="variableText">5 or &ndash;5</i> (Drag handle 4, or enter +/- 5 to make the offset inward.)
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/button.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">OK</b></p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Display the Model reference set of the ***_hinge_outer component.
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-assemblynavigator.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Navigator</b></p>
         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb1.gif" border="0"> Select the ***_hinge_outer component
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb3.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Replace Reference Set</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Model</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">Turn the WCS display off using the <b class="uiTerm">Display WCS</b> button in the <b class="uiTerm">Utility</b> toolbar.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Hide the hinge pin.
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-assemblynavigator.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Navigator</b></p>
         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/checkbox-off-r.gif" border="0"> Clear the check box next to the hinge pin part. 
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Use <b class="uiTerm">WAVE Geometry Linker</b> to copy the edge circle of the hole from the ***_hinge_inner part to the ***_hinge_outer part.
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_wave_geometry_link.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Wave Geometry Linker</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> toolbar) or <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Associative Copy</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">WAVE Geometry Linker</b></p>
         <p class="para_action"><b class="uiTerm">Type</b> group:<br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/pull-down-menu.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Composite Curve</b></p>
         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb1.gif" border="0"> (Select the hole edge)
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                  <p class="para_warning_body">If interpart relationships are turned off in your customer defaults file, your copy will not be associative. This is okay for this tutorial.</p>
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">The <b class="uiTerm">WAVE Geometry Linker</b> is similar to the <b class="uiTerm">Associative Copy Feature</b> (ACF) in I-deas. It copies geometry to the current work part.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Extrude the circle to cut a hole in the ***_hinge_outer part.
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/new_icons/ico_t_extruded_body.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Extrude</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Feature</b> toolbar)
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb1.gif" border="0"> (Select the circle)
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/input_box.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Start Distance:</b> <i class="variableText">0</i></p>
         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/pull-down-menu.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">End:</b> <b class="uiTerm">Through All</b></p>
         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/pull-down-menu.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Subtract</b> 
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/button.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">OK</b></p>
         <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/tutorial/tut4-10.gif"></p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Hide the linked curve using the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b>.
         </p>
         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-modelnavigator.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b></p>
         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb1.gif" border="0"> Select the Linked Composite Curve feature.
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb3.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Hide</b></p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Navigator</b> to show all assembly components and make the assembly the work part.
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-assemblynavigator.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Navigator</b></p>
         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/checkbox-on-r.gif" border="0"> Select all check boxes.
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb1_2x.gif" border="0"> Double-click ***_hinge_assy
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         <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/tutorial/tut3-4.gif"></p>
         <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/tutorial/tut4-11.gif"></p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Save your changes.
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         <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/new_icons/ico_t_save.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Save</b></p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Continue with the next activity section to create an assembly drawing. If you are not interested in drawings, you may proceed to section 6 to add features to the parts.
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      <p class="para_topic"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/04topic_14.html');return(false);"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/tutorial/t5.gif" border="0"></a> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/04topic_14.html');return(false);">5. Creating a drawing</a></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/04topic_15.html');return(false);"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/tutorial/t6.gif" border="0"></a> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/04topic_15.html');return(false);">6. Adding features</a></p>
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