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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Die Tip - Basic Procedure</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('dieengr/die_tip_ov.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('dieengr/die_tip_dialog.html');return(false);">Options</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select a DIE_OPERATION feature representing the press stamping window in which a part needs to be positioned.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the sheet body that represents the part.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the point on the product that corresponds to the center of the press.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select any desired reference data.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Define the part thickness either by Uniform or Variable. If you choose uniform, you can accept the default thickness or key in an alternate value. If you choose variable, another dialog displays to let you define the thickness for each region of the tipped body.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('dieengr/die_defprod_ov.html');return(false);">Define Product Orientation</a> to proceed to the define tip option and define the orientation of the product in die position.
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            <p class="para_item">Click OK or Apply.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">The DIE_TIP feature is created, and a representation of the product sheet body is transformed into the Die Operation Window along with a CSYS positioned at the corresponding product origin point.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">  A product orientation should be defined for all products in the first operation. After the first operation a product orientation can only be defined for one product. The remaining products are tipped accordingly, based on the understanding that the products move to subsequent operations as a single piece of sheet metal.&quot;</p>
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