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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Runner Design</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Runner Design automates the creation of runner channels by defining guide strings using various methods.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The runner is created by choosing one of the various Channel Types shown below:</p>
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