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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Wall Thickness Check Options</div>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('moldwizard/part_mpv_wall_thick_ov.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The Wall Thickness Check dialog box consists of three pages, <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('moldwizard/part_mpv_wall_thick_dialog.html#calculate');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Calculate</b></a>, <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('moldwizard/part_mpv_wall_thick_dialog.html#inspect');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Inspect</b></a>, and <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('moldwizard/part_mpv_wall_thick_dialog.html#options');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Options</b></a>.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Calculate Page</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Sample Point Settings</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">The Coarse/Fine slider tool lets you set the mesh element size and therefore the precision level for wall thickness calculations. Coarse precision uses fewer mesh element sample points and reduces calculation time. Fine precision increases both the sample points and the calculation time. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Maximum Thickness Tolerance</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Enter a value for the Maximum Thickness Tolerance</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Maximum Spacing</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Enter a value for the Maximum Spacing.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Calculation Method</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Choose either Ray or Rolling Ball.</p>
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                              <p class="para_note_body">The <b class="uiTerm">Maximum Radius Rolling Ball</b> method is not recommended for models with a high volume to surface ratio, like cubes, because the calculations involved can result in slow down.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Calculate Thickness</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Click this button to start the Wall Thickness Check.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Overall Results</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">The results of the Wall Thickness Check calculations are posted under Overall Results. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Inspect Page</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Display Method</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Display Method lets you select the type of visual representation you want for the thickness calculation results.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Fringe Color renders faces with a continuous range of colors. Fringe Color uses all of the model's results to calculate fringe thresholds. Thickness values are represented by a scaled color spectrum, which is matched to the color spectrum in the processed part as shown in the following image:</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Ray Vectors displays the wall thickness as vector lines between the mesh points as shown in the following image:</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Face Selection Filter</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">The Face Selection Filter you specify selectable faces.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">All Faces lets you select all available faces on the part.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Select From View lets you select faces directly from the view.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Thickness Range lets you specify a thickness range for faces. A default thickness range is calculated and provided. You are allowed to modify the range.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Thickness Range</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Enter a value for the minimum and maximum.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Change Color of Selected Faces</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">The Change Color of Selected Faces option lets you erase the display from the previous operation by default. However, you may elect to keep the previous display to aid in inspecting the results by overlapping the display of results. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Ranges Type</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Choose either Uniform or User Defined. If you choose User Defined, you can edit the ranges for each color.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Choose either Blend or Sharp to adjust the display of the legend.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Color</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Click a color block to change it.&nbsp;Values that are outside of the range for the minimum or maximum threshold values will be displayed as the colors specified in the minimum or maximum threshold value.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">Enter a High and Low range for the Color Palate.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Ray Vectors Display Options</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Ray Vectors Display Options let you select visual inspection aids to help you view the results of the thickness calculations:</p>
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Display Thickness Vectors</b> lets you see only the vector lines.
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Save Thickness Vectors As Lines</b> lets you create and save the thickness vectors as permanent lines.
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Display Mesh Elements</b> lets you see the mesh elements for the selected faces.
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Display Opposite Mesh Elements </b>lets you see the corresponding mesh elements that are opposite on the selected face.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('intro_to_nx/index.html?goto=intro_to_nx/uiu_dia_box_ops.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Common dialog box options</a> for common options not described here.
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