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               <p class="para_td"> Overview</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Scrap Design</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_scrap_design.gif" border="0"> lets you specify how to punch out scrap piercings and, if needed, create pilot holes to aid in transporting the metal strip through the die.&nbsp; All scraps are sheet bodies and put into a <em>&quot;*_nest</em>&quot; part.
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      <p class="para_topic">After using <b class="uiTerm">Blank Layout</b>, use <b class="uiTerm">Scrap Design</b> to pierce the strip and form the sheet metal part's profile shape. <b class="uiTerm">Scrap Design</b> determines scrap profiles based on the blank layout result.
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      <p class="para_topic">You can use <b class="uiTerm">Scrap Design</b> to:
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            <p class="para_item">Design the entire&nbsp;scrap area, including scraps.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Extract internal holes as scraps automatically. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Split scrap areas into smaller pieces.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Merge scraps.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Design overlap between two scraps.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Design over-cut.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Design individual scrap you profiled by sketching.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Specify user-defined scrap by profile, existing sheet body, hole.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Specify user-defined overlap/overcut.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Specify multi-hit, precision-punched scrap trims.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Edit the size of the overlap and over-cut.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Set the display color for scraps, holes, overlaps and over-cuts.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Where do I find it?</div>
      <p class="para_division">On the <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b> toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">Scrap Design</b>.
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