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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Create a SMD sheet metal part</div>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Start&rarr;All Applications&rarr;Progressive Die Wizard</b>.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b> toolbar appears. For a detailed description of the tools on this toolbar, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('pdw/index.html?goto=pdw/pdw_start.html&amp;vars=-aux,-home','link','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no,height=600,width=500');return(false);">Starting PDW</a>.
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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">Sheet Metal Tools</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/progressive_die_wizard/sheet_metal_tools.gif" border="0">.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Tools</b> toolbar appears.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Tools</b> toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">Feature Recognition</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/sheet_metal_tools/feature_recognition.gif" border="0">.
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Feature Recognition</b> lets you create a parametric sheet metal design (SMD) part from imported geometry. For a detailed description, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('pdw/index.html?goto=pdw/f_r_ov.html&amp;vars=-aux,-home','link','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no,height=600,width=500');return(false);">Feature Recognition Overview</a>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">In the <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Feature Recognition</b> dialog box, click <b class="uiTerm">Part Management</b>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to accept the default project name, <i class="fileName">flange_1_SMFR_TOP</i>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to accept the default part name, <i class="fileName">flange_1_SMD</i>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Select the top face shown as the <em>planar stationary face</em>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">From the <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Feature Recognition</b> dialog box, select the <b class="uiTerm">Preference</b> tab.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Click <b class="uiTerm">Build All</b> on the <b class="uiTerm">Feature Builder</b> page.
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      <p class="para_topic">Deformation type features will not be automatically built by <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b> and require <b class="uiTerm">NX Modeling</b> to integrate into the new sheet metal part.
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      <p class="para_topic">Sheet bodies of the emboss feature are linked into the <em>SMD</em> part.
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