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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Using the Create Box Tool</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('moldwizard/tools_bounding_box_overview.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('moldwizard/tools_bounding_box_reltopics.html');return(false);">Related Topics </a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">To use the <b class="uiTerm">Create Box</b> tool to encapsulate an area on a solid with a bounding box, do the following:
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            <p class="para_item"> Open the part model you want to work with, for example:</p>
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                        <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/kda/MW_PDW_Electrode_shared/coresample_box_start.png"></p>
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                        <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Sample Part for Create Box Procedure</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item">To access the<b class="uiTerm"> Create Box</b> tool, select  <b class="uiTerm">Start&rarr;All Applications</b> and then choose the <b class="uiTerm">NX Tooling</b> application you want to use.
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                  <p class="para_item">If you are using <b class="uiTerm">Mold Wizard</b>: On the <b class="uiTerm">Mold Wizard </b> toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">Mold Tools</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/kda/MW_PDW_Electrode_shared/ico_t_mold_tools.gif" border="0">, and then click <b class="uiTerm">Create Box</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/kda/MW_PDW_Electrode_shared/ico_t_create_box.gif" border="0">.
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                  <p class="para_item">If you are using <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b>: On the <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b> toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Tools</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/kda/MW_PDW_Electrode_shared/ico_t_pdw_tools.gif" border="0">, and then click <b class="uiTerm">Create Box</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/kda/MW_PDW_Electrode_shared/ico_t_create_box.gif" border="0">.
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                  <p class="para_item">If you are using <b class="uiTerm"> Electrode Design</b>: On the <b class="uiTerm"> Electrode Design</b> toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">Create Box</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/kda/MW_PDW_Electrode_shared/ico_t_create_box.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">On the <b class="uiTerm">Create Box</b> toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">Create Box</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/kda/MW_PDW_Electrode_shared/ico_d_boxtools_createbox.gif" border="0">. 
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            <p class="para_item">On the <b class="uiTerm">Create Box</b> dialog, under <b class="uiTerm">Type</b>, click <b class="uiTerm">Object Bounding Box</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/kda/MW_PDW_Electrode_shared/ico_d_boxtools_boundbox.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">To start the bounding box in <b class="uiTerm">Object Bounding Box</b> mode, in the graphics window, select a face to establish the initial size and shape of the box.
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                        <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/kda/MW_PDW_Electrode_shared/coresample_box_face1.png"></p>
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                        <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Select an Initial Face</b></p>
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            </table><br><p class="para_item">You can adjust the size now by dragging an arrow handle or entering a value into any of the dynamic input boxes, or you can continue to select additional faces as described. To turn the dynamic input boxes on and off, press F3. In this exercise, the input boxes are turned off.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select one or more adjacent faces to refine and expand the box to define the area that you want to encapsulate.</p>
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                        <p align="left"><img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/kda/MW_PDW_Electrode_shared/coresample_box_face2.png"></p>
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                        <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Select the Second Face</b></p>
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                        <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Select Additional Faces</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item">To adjust the size of the box, drag an arrow handle, or enter values into any of the dynamic input boxes.</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Using the Horizontal Arrow Handle</b></p>
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                        <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Using the Vertical Arrow Handle</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"> When you are finished, on the <b class="uiTerm">Create Box</b> dialog, click <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b>.
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