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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Compare Product Models</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">You use the Compare Product Models function to compare two different versions of a solid model, and to find the differences between them.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">In Mold Wizard, the Compare Product Models function compares the current model in the product part (which is used in a mold design project) with a new version of the product model.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">A Mold Wizard project must be open before you can use the Model Comparison function.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Load a New Version of Product Model</div>
      <p class="para_division">When you click Compare Product Models in the Parting Functions dialog box, a dialog prompts you to load a new version product part file. Select a new part file and click OK.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Display for Model Comparison Results</div>
      <p class="para_division">The graphics window has three views for displaying model comparison results:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Original model view</p>
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            <p class="para_item">New model view</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Overlap view (original model overlapped with the new model)</p>
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      <p class="para_division">You can set the display to one, two, or three views mode. Each view can show a model in wireframe, shading, and translucency modes.&nbsp; When a view is in wireframe mode, the differences between the two model versions are highlighted. In shading&nbsp; mode, the differences are set to specific face colors, and you can change the face translucency of the models.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Original Model</p>
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            <p class="para_item">New Model</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Overlap</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">Model Comparison Display</div>
      <div class="title_division">Model Comparison Dialog</div>
      <div class="title_division">View Display</div>
      <p class="para_division">The toggle buttons change the display layout to one, two, or three views (Orignal model, New model, Overlap). After changing the view setting, click the Apply button to update the layout display. The following figure shows a two-view display (original and new model).</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Original Model</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">Two-view Layout (Original and New Model)</div>
      <div class="title_division">Shading</div>
      <p class="para_division">Toggles are provided for setting original and new model to wireframe or shading. After changing the shading setting, click Apply to update the display layout.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Translucency Control</div>
      <p class="para_division">Translucency control applies to models displayed in shaded mode. There are two sliders for changing face translucency of the original or the new model. When Lock&nbsp;is toggled off, face translucency is controlled by the two sliders separately. When Lock is toggled on, the translucency of the faces will change simultaneously, and the sum of the two translucency values will be maintained as 100.</p>
      <p class="para_division">For example, when the face translucency value of the original model is set to 60, the face translucency value of the new model will automatically be set to 40. When the face translucency value for the original model is set to 40, the face translucency value of the new model will automatically be set to 60.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Highlight Differences is used to emphasize the differences between the two versions of the model. When Highlight Differences is toggled on, the translucency of different faces on both versions of the model will not change even if you move the face translucency slider bar. This function is useful for only displaying different faces in the two version models when you set the translucency value of&nbsp;unchanged faces to 100.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Original Model</p>
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            <p class="para_item">New Model</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Overlap</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">Highlight Different Faces on the Two Model Versions</div>
      <p class="para_division">When a view is in wireframe mode, toggle on Highlight Differences to highlight the different faces of the model in that view.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Face Color Setting</div>
      <p class="para_division">In comparison results, the faces are marked with specific colors and are classified in the following categories:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Unchanged faces</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Removed faces</p>
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            <p class="para_item">New faces</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Removed regions</p>
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            <p class="para_item">New regions</p>
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      <p class="para_division">You can change the color settings by clicking on the attached color pad. After changing the color settings, click Apply to update the model display.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Toggle on Save colors to save your settings. To restore the previous color settings, toggle off Save colors before you exit the Model Comparison dialog box. </p>
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