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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Dimension</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The Dimension tab of the Standard Parts Management System is used to:</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Multiple Images</div>
      <p class="para_division">The arrows below the image allow you to page through multiple images (if they exist) for each standard part. When there are multiple images defined in the spreadsheet, the left-arrow and right-arrow buttons are active.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Dimension Scroll Window</div>
      <p class="para_division">This scroll bar allows you to browse through the Standard Parts editable dimensions. When a dimension is highlighted, it will be displayed in the Dimension Edit Window for editing.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Dimension Edit Window</div>
      <p class="para_division">You can edit expressions of a selected standard part in this window to customize it. Progressive Die Wizard uses these expressions to update standard parts.&nbsp;</p>
      <div class="title_division">Calculated Dimension Display</div>
      <p class="para_division">In some cases, the values shown in the dimension display area are calculated dimensions or interpart expressions. In these cases, the calculated dimension value is shown to the right of the dimension edit text field.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Lock and Unlock</div>
      <p class="para_division">The Lock/Unlock and Unlock All functions are used to lock dimensions after the component has been installed. The main purpose of parameter locking is that when a large change is made to a die design in progress, such as a die base size, you may want to lock parameters such as plate thickness or screw positions instead of accepting the defaults for the new die base size.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Locked dimensions are not altered by changes made through the standard parts dialog box.  The locked dimensions can only be edited with the feature or expression edits available in the core NX functions.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Locked dimensions are identified by a &quot;*&quot; character before the dimension name when it's locked. If a dimension is locked, it's grayed out on the Catalog tab. You cannot change locked dimensions from option menus or the sliders.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Geometric Expression Link</div>
      <p class="para_division">The Geometric Expression Link function allows you to link a dimension from the standard component to geometry from the die assembly. The measured objects must both be in a single part file.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Interpart Expression Link</div>
      <p class="para_division">The Interpart Expression Link function allows you to link a dimension from the standard component to an expression from the die assembly.</p>
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