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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating Pockets</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('diedesign/create_pockets_oview.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Perform the following steps to create a pocket:</p>
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                              <p class="para_note_body">NOTE: To highlight the intersecting components, select Design Steps, Find Intersecting Components in step 2 instead of Tool Bodies.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">To preview the cutting pocket, toggle on the Show Target and Tool Bodies Only option.</p>
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