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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Welcome</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Gives a brief overview of the <b class="uiTerm">Glass Drop</b> wizard.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Belt</b> step
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Belt Line</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you select a curve to represent the belt line.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">The belt line is used in the <b class="uiTerm">Glass Drop</b> wizard in the <b class="uiTerm">Barrel Surface</b> step and in the <b class="uiTerm">Interference</b> step to determine the lowered position of the glass.
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                  <p class="para_td">If you have already specified a belt line earlier using the <b class="uiTerm">Glass Drop</b> wizard or some other tool, you will not have to specify it again.
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                  <p class="para_td">This step has the following options:</p>
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">The number of sample points on belt line</b>: Type a value for the number of sample points on the belt line. These points are used as reference while creating a swept surface type of barrel surface.
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Glass Thickness</b>: Type a value for the glass thickness.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Front Edge</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you select the <b class="uiTerm">Front Edge</b>.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Top Edge</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you select the <b class="uiTerm">Top Edge</b>.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Rear Edge</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you select the <b class="uiTerm">Rear Edge</b>.
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you select the <b class="uiTerm">Bottom Edge</b>.
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                              <p class="para_note">Each edge can have one or more curves. Use <b class="uiTerm">Chain Curve</b> to simplify selection of multiple curves. As you select the edges, the door icon <img align="bottom" src="graphics/gd_styled_surface.gif" border="0"> shown in the wizard, and the cue line indicate which edge of the glass is currently being defined.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Points</b> step
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Front Corner Point</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you select the upper front corner point. This point is also referred as the front path point.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Rear Corner Point</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you select the upper rear corner point. This point is also referred as the rear path point.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Barrel surface</b> step
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Styled Surface</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you select the styled surface for the glass.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Barrel Surface</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you create the barrel surface. This step has the following options:</p>
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Create Barrel Surface</b></p>
                        <p class="para_item">Creates a swept surface style of barrel surface.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Display Deviations</b> 
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                        <p class="para_item">Displays a color-coded plot of the deviations between the styled glass surface and the barrel surface.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Maximum Deviation</b> 
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                        <p class="para_item">Lets you specify a value for the amount of the maximum deviation between the styled surface and the barrel surface that is about to be generated. You can further verify the deviation between the two surfaces using the <b class="uiTerm">Display Deviations</b> option. If the results are not what you expect, adjust the curve locations to try to get better results.
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Output Complete Barrel Surface</b> 
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                        <p class="para_item">Creates the complete barrel surface as output.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Create Channel</b> 
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                        <p class="para_item">Creates front and rear channels.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Drop Glass</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you define the glass drop range and transform the glass. This step has the following options:</p>
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Define Glass Drop Range</b></p>
                        <p class="para_item">Lets you select the <b class="uiTerm">Upper Point</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Lower Point</b> to define the glass drop range
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                                    <p class="para_note">For front door glass, select points on the rear edge as the rear edge is the primary guide curve to drop the front door glass.</p>
                                    <p class="para_note">For rear door glass, select points on the front edge as the front edge is the primary guide curve to drop the rear door glass.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Glass Drop Position (Percentage)</b> 
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                        <p class="para_item">Lets you specify the percentage of the glass drop range.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Channels</b> step
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Front Channels</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you define the dimensions of the front and rear glass channels. The following graphic illustrates the height, width, thickness and clearance for the front and rear glass channels.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Height (H)</b>: Lets you specify the height of the front and rear glass channels.
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Width (W)</b>: Lets you specify the width of the front and rear glass channels.
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Thickness (T)</b>: Lets you specify the thickness of the front and rear glass channels.
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Clearance (C)</b>: Lets you specify the clearance of the front and rear glass channels.
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                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Length (L)</b>: Lets you specify the length of the front and rear glass channels. &nbsp;The starting point of the channel is controlled by an option in the default gdrpwizard_def.dat file.
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                        <p class="para_item">GlassDrop_Channel_Start = 0 or 1</p>
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                              <p class="para_item">0: Start at the upper.</p>
                           </li>
                           <li>
                              <p class="para_item">1: Start at the belt line.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">In both cases the channel extends the length specified.</p>
                     </li>
                     <li>
                        <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Output Channel as component</b>: Select this check box to create the channel as a component of the styled glass surface.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Rear Channels</b></p>
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