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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Tire Envelope Wizard - Envelope Options</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('vehiclepkg/tirenv_wiz.html');return(false);">Tire Envelope Wizard</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('vehiclepkg/tirenv_wiz_steps.html');return(false);">Page Steps</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('vehiclepkg/tirenv_wiz_proc.html');return(false);">Procedures</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Use this step to specify options for the tire envelope.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">For procedures for this step, see the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('vehiclepkg/tirenv_wiz_proc.html');return(false);">Envelope Options Step</a> in the Tire Envelope wizard procedures.
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               <p class="para_th">Tire Envelope Wizard - Envelop Options</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Smoothness</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you specify the smoothness of the envelop. Use a value from 0.1 to 1.0 to keep or smooth over concavities. A value of 0.1 removes the concavity.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Start Angle</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you specify the starting angle for the tire motion envelope.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The tire motion envelope sheet body can be completely closed, or start and end at a particular radial angle. This and the End Angle option lets you control this parameter.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">End Angle</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you specify the ending angle for the tire motion envelope. Note that the difference between the start and end angles cannot be greater than 360 degrees.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Apply Offsets</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This option applies the offset values to the tire envelope.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The offset values are specified in a spreadsheet. Each cell is evaluated and stored with the envelope feature. The spreadsheet is not stored in the NX part file. These offsets are applied to each radial section used to construct the tire motion envelope. The offset amounts are interpolated based on the six offset values, or you can use a spreadsheet that specifies more detailed offset information.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Four Offsets</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you specify the maximum radial offset at the &nbsp;0, 90, 180, and 270 degree positions.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Inboard Offset</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you specify the offset of the envelope closest to the vehicle.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you specify the offset of the envelope furthest from the vehicle.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Populate Offset Data</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you populate a spreadsheet with the six offset values, where you can edit them. Selecting this option opens a spreadsheet. You can use the Data&rarr; Get External Data&rarr; Import file to load a different spreadsheet.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Note that spreadsheet entities are not stored in the NX part file. The spreadsheet is only used to collect and organize the data. Only the values of each cell are stored with envelope feature.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Offsets are applied to what is shown in the following figure.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Offset Radius</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The most inboard and most outboard points on the curve are labeled PT A and PT B. You can also find these points by drawing vertical lines tangent to the sides of the curve.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The first offset value for the section is applied to the inboard tangent point, PT A.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The last value for the section is applied to the outboard tangent point, PT B.</p>
               <p class="para_td">If more than two values are provided for this section, the rest are equally spaced between these two points.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you delete data associated with this feature.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you display the current offset data in a spreadsheet for editing.</p>
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