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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Generate the sheet metal blank</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">In order to layout the strip and design the scrap, you need an unformed blank of the sheet metal part. <b class="uiTerm">Blank Generator</b> automatically generates the blank model when an unformable NX Sheet Metal part is used. The <b class="uiTerm">Blank Generator&rarr;Import Blank Body</b> command is available for other types of sheet metal parts where the blank has been predefined using <b class="uiTerm">NX Modeling</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Metaform</b>. For a detailed description of the <b class="uiTerm">Blank Generator</b>, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('pdw/index.html?goto=pdw/blank_generator_overview.html&amp;vars=-aux,-home','link','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no,height=600,width=500');return(false);">Blank Generator Overview</a></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">Blank Generator</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/progressive_die_wizard/blank_generator.gif" border="0">.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Blank Generator</b> dialog box appears.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">In the <b class="uiTerm">Blank Generator</b> dialog box, click <b class="uiTerm">Unform Parts</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/wizards/blank_generator/unform_parts.gif" border="0"> from the <b class="uiTerm">Create</b> page.
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      <p class="para_topic">The Cue line says <em>Please select a planar face</em>. All features will use this face as the defining plane to unform the part.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">The face shown below should be selected, if not, choose <b class="uiTerm">Reverse</b>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> when the appropriate face is highlighted.
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      <p class="para_topic">A linked body of the unformed sheet metal part is created in the <i class="fileName">flange_1_SMD_blank</i> component.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">In the <b class="uiTerm">Blank Generator</b> dialog box, click <b class="uiTerm">Cancel</b>.
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