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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Create the scrap splitting geometry</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Before you can design the scrap, you must create splitting geometry. <b class="uiTerm">NX Sketcher</b> can be used to create the splitting geometry in the <b class="uiTerm">Nest</b> component.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Start the <b class="uiTerm">Modeling</b> application if necessary and on the <b class="uiTerm">Feature</b> toolbar, click the <b class="uiTerm">Sketch</b> button <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/modeling/form_feature/sketch.gif" border="0">.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to create the sketch.
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      <p class="para_topic">You must first define the outer extents of the entire scrap.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Verify that <b class="uiTerm">Quadrant Point</b> is selected on the <b class="uiTerm">Selection Bar</b>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Clear <b class="uiTerm">Control Point</b> on the <b class="uiTerm">Selection Bar</b>.
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      <p class="para_topic">Then you must define geometry for splitting the scrap.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Create the four lines as shown to define where the scrap will be split.
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      <p class="para_topic">Finally, you must define the pilot hole geometry.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Using a vertical reference line, constrain a <b class="literalText">6</b> mm circle as shown.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Click <b class="uiTerm">Finish Sketch</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/sketcher/sketcher/finish_sketch.gif" border="0">.
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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 Layout</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/progressive_die_wizard/blank_layout.gif" border="0">.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Select the <em>middle</em> (green) blank body in the graphics window.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">In the <b class="uiTerm">Blank Layout</b> dialog box, click <b class="uiTerm">Set Base Point</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/wizards/blank_layout/set_base_point.gif" border="0">.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Select the <b class="uiTerm">Arc Center</b> of the 6 mm pilot hole circle.
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      <p class="para_topic">The base point will be used as the <em>Station 1 start point</em>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to save the base point and close the dialog box.
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