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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Step 1. Create the Box Feature</div>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">This is where you will create the box.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Design </b> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nxelectrode_design/index.html?goto=nxelectrode_design/nx_electrode_toolbar.html&amp;vars=-aux,-home','link','menubar=yes,status=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no,height=600,width=500,left=100,top=100');return(false);">toolbar</a>, choose <b class="uiTerm">Create Box </b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/electrode_design/create_box.gif" border="0">.
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      <p class="para_topic">In the <b class="uiTerm">Create Box</b> dialog box, you can set a default clearance value for the faces of the box. If you want to set a specific clearance for a single face, enter a face clearance value in the<b class="uiTerm"> Default Clearance</b> input box.
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      <p class="para_topic">You will see that the <b class="uiTerm">Selection Intent</b> toolbar is active.  With this tool, you can specify the type of selection intent to use for the selection step input. <b class="uiTerm">Selection intent</b> helps you to make multiple selections of specific face types using the following face type rules:
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The outline of the box is previewed. If you want to modify the shape, you can drag any of the handles or enter values in the any of the dynamic input fields.</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">A <b class="uiTerm">KF BOUNDBOX</b> feature is created in the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b>.
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