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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Electrode Design Toolbar</div>
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm"> Electrode Design</b> provides you with a unique suite of tools that are dedicated to the quick and efficient design of electrodes for Electrical Discharge Machining. The design functions are arranged horizontally on the toolbar in a sequence that suggests the recommended process. You begin each electrode design session with project initialization. As the project continues, you proceed sequentially through the functions. 
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm"> Electrode Design </b> modeling tools are described in this table. For information on tools that are shared across <b class="uiTerm">NX Tooling</b> applications, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nxelectrode_design/tooling_shared_tools_table.html');return(false);">Shared Tools</a>.
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm"> Initialize</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Allows you to start a new <b class="uiTerm">NX Electrode Design</b> project using mold parts and project templates.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Manufacturing Geometry </b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Allows you to quickly define the sparking area of an electrode.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Blank Design</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Allows you to add standard blank component to your electrode project, link the bodies of selected heads into the blank component, and update the dimensions based on the head selection.</p>
               <p class="para_td">On the <b class="uiTerm">Blank Design</b> tool dialog box, the <b class="uiTerm">Blank</b> option lists the blank templates defined in the blank list. If there are material choices, the <b class="uiTerm">Material </b>option is active on the dialog box.
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Joint </b>option allows you to use any of three methods to create the blend body between the head and the blank. 
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                     <p class="para_item">To create an extruded feature from the top faces of the selected heads, choose <b class="uiTerm">Extrude</b>.
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                     <p class="para_item">To create an offset feature from the top faces of the selected heads, choose <b class="uiTerm">Offset</b>.
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                     <p class="para_item">To manually create the connection between the heads and the blank choose <b class="uiTerm"> None</b>. 
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Electrode Drafting</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Allows you to create a drawing from the electrode model. </p>
               <p class="para_td">To generate a draft:</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Select the electrode and assign the components to the machined, excluded, and optional lists. </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Select a drawing template or sheet.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Enter or modify the assembly name.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Apply your information to create the drafting assembly and update the tabular report </p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm"> Electrode Checking</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Allows you to locate misalignments between the tool and the workpiece. Even small alignment errors may gouge the core or cavity during manufacturing. </p>
               <p class="para_td"> The <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Checking</b> tool allows you to:
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                     <p class="para_item">Check the electrode and workpiece touch status.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Create a sparking area sheet body. </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Create an interference body.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"> Map colors from the workpiece to the electrode.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> When the check is complete, the touch status items are reported in the <b class="uiTerm">Check Results</b> window.
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               <p class="para_td">Allows you to generate a parts list from the parts defined in the template file. The electrode position, and the spark setting and size are also written to the Bill of Materials.</p>
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