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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Calculate the force</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">You have defined the strip layout so you are now ready to calculate how much force will be required to form the part. <b class="uiTerm">Force Calculation</b> lets you interactively calculate for process features in the die design. For a detailed description of <b class="uiTerm">Force Calculation</b>, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('pdw/index.html?goto=pdw/fc_ov.html&amp;vars=-aux,-home','link','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no,height=600,width=500');return(false);">Force Calculation Overview</a>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b> toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">Force Calculation</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/progressive_die_wizard/force_calculation.gif" border="0">.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Force Calulation</b> dialog box appears.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Total Force</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Force Center</b> values are displayed at the bottom of the dialog box.
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