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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Create Translated Weld Points</div>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">You must be in the Modeling application.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">In this example, you want to create two weld points between the right faces of this part by translating the first and last weld points from the left side. The red arrow points at the existing weld points on the left side.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Weld Point</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/weld_assistant/weld_point.gif" border="0"> in the <b class="uiTerm">Weld Assistant</b> toolbar (or choose <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Welding</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Weld Point</b>) to open the <b class="uiTerm">Weld Point</b> dialog box.
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            <p class="para_item">Set <b class="uiTerm">Type</b> to the type of spot weld that you want.
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            <p class="para_item">Set <b class="uiTerm">Method</b> to <b class="uiTerm">Translate</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">While <b class="uiTerm">Select Weld Point</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/modeling/common/select.gif" border="0"> is active, select one or more existing weld points to translate.
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                        <p class="para_note_body">You can select weld points individually, with a selection rectangle in the graphics areas, or in the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('modeling/index.html?goto=modeling/partnav_overview.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b></a>. In the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b>, you can hold &lt;Shift&gt; and select a series of points in the list. To select multiple points from anywhere in the list, hold &lt;Ctrl&gt; and click the points you want.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Specify CSYS</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/wizards/weld_point/specify_csys.gif" border="0"> and define the CSYS that you want to use to translate the selected weld points.
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            <p class="para_item">You can use the select an existing CYS in the graphics window, use the options in the <b class="uiTerm">Specify CSYS</b> menu, or click <b class="uiTerm">CSYS Dialog</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/csys_dialog.gif" border="0"> to open the <b class="uiTerm">CSYS</b> dialog box. See the <em>Common Tools Help</em> for more information about the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('shared_func/index.html?goto=shared_func/com_csyscon_d.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">CSYS options</a>.
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            <p class="para_item">Specify the <b class="uiTerm">XC</b>, <b class="uiTerm">YC</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">ZC</b> distance of the translation, using the CSYS that you defined in step 5.
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            <p class="para_item">In <b class="uiTerm">Output Type</b>, specify whether your weld points should be <b class="uiTerm">Associative</b> (and update when their parent weld point changes) or <b class="uiTerm">Fixed</b> (not be affected by changes to the parent weld point).
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                        <p class="para_note_body">Associative translated points cannot move independently of their parent weld points. Moving a parent weld point opens the <b class="uiTerm">Edit during Update</b> dialog box. You can move both the parent and the translated point, undo the change to both points, or edit the translated point to break the associativity so the points can move independently.
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                        <p class="para_note_body">Fixed translated points are treated as individual points that share no relationship after creation.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Adjust Point</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/modeling/common/point.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">A preview of the translated weld points appear in the graphics window and in <b class="uiTerm">List</b> in the <b class="uiTerm">Weld Point</b> dialog box.
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            <p class="para_item">Also, the <b class="uiTerm">Display Weld CSYS</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Add Characteristics</b> options appear in the <b class="uiTerm">Visualize/Edit</b> group of the <b class="uiTerm">Weld Point</b> dialog box.
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            <p class="para_item">Modify the previewed weld points as desired.</p>
            <p class="para_item">You can modify their coordinates by double-clicking the dynamic input boxes in the graphics window and entering new values, you can choose <b class="uiTerm">Display Weld CSYS</b> and modify a weld point's CSYS, or you can add attributes to a weld point by clicking <b class="uiTerm">Add Characteristics</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/wizards/weld_point/add_characteristics.gif" border="0"> to open the <b class="uiTerm">Weld Characteristics</b> dialog box.
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            <p class="para_item">Specify whether you want the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('weldassistant/face_finder.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Connected Face Finder</b></a> to run when the points are generated.
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            <p class="para_item">The <b class="uiTerm">Connected Face Finder</b> locates the nearest faces on components adjoining fixed spot welds and adds the appropriate connected parts information to the spot weld.
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b> to create the weld points.
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