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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Add a die base</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Die Base Management is the first stage of designing and modeling the die tooling.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b> toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">Die Base</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/progressive_die_wizard/die_base.gif" border="0">.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Die Base Management</b> dialog box appears.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">In the top of the <b class="uiTerm">Die Base Management</b> dialog box, change the <b class="uiTerm">Catalog</b> to <b class="uiTerm">DB_UNIVERSAL2</b>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Change the <b class="uiTerm">Type</b> to <b class="uiTerm">10 PLATES</b>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Click the <b class="uiTerm">Pick Work Area</b> button <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/wizards/die_base/pick_work_area.gif" border="0">.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">The work area rectangle is used to define the area that contains your scrap and process features and will control the initial die base size.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">in the <b class="uiTerm">Die Base Management</b> dialog box, select the <b class="literalText">10040</b> Index (1).
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Type <b class="literalText">1200</b> in the Expression box (3) and press Enter.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Using the same technique, change the parameters below:
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