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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Relief Design Overview</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">You use the Relief Design module to create a solid body to cut out the pockets and holes on die plates. This prevents interference between the strip and the die plates. </p>
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      <p class="para_topic">You can use:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Design Steps to 'Select faces or body' and 'Select horizontal reference line' to create the initial relief solid.&nbsp; If you don't select horizontal reference line, then PDW takes current WCS -- +X axis as reference line. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Copy to create relief bodies at subsequent stations.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Edit Relief to change the dimensions of a relief solid.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Delete Relief to delete all or just the chosen relief solid.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">The supported relief body shapes are block, cylinder, elongate, and user defined.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">To create a relief body:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the extreme faces of the area where the relief is required.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose a relief shape and enter dimensions.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">The Relief Design form lets you input:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Positive and negative offset values for X, Y, and Z.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Rotate Angle and Corner Radius values.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">To create user defined relief: </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Create profile in  &quot;*_relief&quot;part.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the profile to extrude a relief solid. </p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Additional capabilities include: </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Copy: Pick the relief to copy, then enter the number of copies needed.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Edit Relief: Use this to modify relief parameters. You are prompted to select the relief to edit.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Delete Relief: Use this to delete a single relief or all reliefs. You are prompted to select the relief to delete. You can delete all instances or only selected one.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Options: Use the Create in original location option to create the solid in the original station.</p>
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                        <p class="para_note_body">Relief bodies will be put in <em>&quot;*_relief&quot;</em> part.&nbsp; Here there is no pocket created, you need use Pocket Design module to generate relief pocket by using &quot;<em>Solid+Solid </em>&quot; mode.
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