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               <p class="para_th"> Options</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Create/Reposition Electrode Blank, Add Head(s)</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Create/Reposition Electrode Blank, Add Head(s)</b> option to add standard blank components to your electrode project, link the bodies of selected heads into the blank component , and update the dimensions of blanks according to the selected heads.
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               <p class="para_td">You can create a blanks, add heads to existing blank and reposition blanks. If you select only heads, a blank will be created and added to the design setting. If you select only blanks, you can edit the <b class="uiTerm">REF_X, REF_Y, REF_Z</b> fields to reposition the blanks. If you select both blanks and heads, the heads will be added to the existing blanks.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Delete Heads from Blanks</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Delete Heads from Blanks</b> option to delete heads from an existing blank component. If the head you want to delete is the last head of the blank component, the blank component itself will be removed from the project.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Edit Blank</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Blank</b> option to initialize the standard part management dialog box, allowing you to edit the dimensions of the blank.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Add Holder</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Add Holder</b> option to a holder type from the Blank Design sub-option dialog. Holder types are imported from the register file<code> $ELECTRODE_WIZARD/holder/holder_reg.xls</code>. If the <b class="uiTerm">Select Holder</b> check box is selected, the holder can be deleted or rotated by clicking the appropriate button on the dialog: <b class="uiTerm">Delete Holder</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_d_delete_holder_button.gif" border="0"> or <b class="uiTerm">Rotate Holder</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_d_rotate_holder_button.gif" border="0">.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Select Blank</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Select Blank</b> selection step to work only with blanks.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Select Heads</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Select Heads</b> selection step to work only with heads.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Blank</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Blank</b> dialog box option lists the blank in the register file, <code>$ELETRODE_WIZARD_DIR/blank/foot_reg.xls</code>.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Material</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">If a blank template you selected is available in more than one material, the <b class="uiTerm">Material</b> option will be active, listing the available materials.
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               <p class="para_td">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Joint Methods</b> option to create a blended body between a head and blank, using one of the following methods:
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                     <p class="para_item">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Extrude</b> method create and extruded feature from the top faces of the selected heads to the named object . The default name of this object is <b class="uiTerm">TRIM_FACE</b>. If you user your own standard template, make sure you provide the exact name to the object that will stop the extruded feature. You can also specify the extrusion angle under <b class="uiTerm">Angle</b> on the dialog.
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                     <p class="para_item">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Offset</b> method to create an offset feature from the top faces of the selected heads to the named object. 
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                     <p class="para_item">Use the <b class="uiTerm">None</b> method if you do not intend to take any action, for example, if you intend to create the connection object between the heads and the blank by themselves.
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               <p class="para_td">. The<b class="uiTerm"> Angle</b> fields, (<b class="uiTerm">REF_X, REF_Y, REF_Z</b> ) display the XYZ location at the center of the bounding box of the selected heads.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Display Rename Dialog</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Check or clear the <b class="uiTerm">Display Rename Dialog</b> check box to turn the <b class="uiTerm">Standard Part Management</b> dialog box on or off.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Unite Head and Blank</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Check or clear the <b class="uiTerm">Unite Head and Blank </b> to specify whether the linked head object will be united into the blank solid body.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Keep Blank Size</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Check or clear the <b class="uiTerm">Keep Blank Size </b> check box to keep the blank size unchanged when adding heads into the existing blank component.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Select Top Face Manually</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Check or clear the <b class="uiTerm">Select Top Face Manually </b> check box allow you to select the faces to be used to create the extrusion between the head and the blank.
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