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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Shrinkage Overview and Usage</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Shrinkage is a scale factor applied to a product model to compensate for part shrinkage while cooling. You can set or adjust the shrinkage value at any point in the mold design process if you're using associative cavity and core modeling practices.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The shrinkage function automatically navigates through the assembly and sets the shrink part as the work part. The scale operation is applied to the geometry-linked copy of the product model in the shrink part.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Edit Scale</div>
      <p class="para_division">The Edit Scale dialog is similar to the NX Scale dialog box, which provides three types of scaling: uniform, axisymmetric, and general.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Using Shrinkage</div>
      <div class="title_division">Applying Shrinkage</div>
      <p class="para_division">To apply shrinkage to the shrink part:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Pick the Shrinkage button from the Mold Wizard toolbar. The Edit Scale dialog is displayed.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the type of shrinkage you want to apply (uniform, axisymmetric, or general).</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the method of scaling (Point, Vector, or CSYS) depending upon the shrinkage type you selected.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">For the Point method, select where you want the points on the model.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">For the Vector method, select the direction of scaling on the model.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">For the CSYS method, select the axis, changes to axes, and any constraints.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Enter the appropriate Scale Factor values for the shrinkage you want.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Click OK. Shrinkage will be applied to the shrink part.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Modifying Shrinkage</div>
      <p class="para_division">To modify the shrink factor:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the Shrinkage button. The Edit Scale dialog is displayed.</p>
            <p class="para_item">The previous values appear in the Scale Factor fields and can be adjusted to new values.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Enter the new shrink factors and click OK. The shrink part, cavity, and core are automatically updated (assuming associative procedures were used to model the cavity and core).</p>
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