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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_glazing_shade_bands.gif" border="0">Use this function to automate the creation of curves that define the driver glazing shade band. You can also perform visibility design studies for vehicle packaging during automobile development. Output is a GLAZING_SHADE_BANDS feature consisting of curves that mark the shading boundaries.
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      <p class="para_topic">A glazing shade band is the area immediately adjacent to and below the top edge of a vehicle's glazing. Light transmission and visibility through the shade band is less than what is required for normal driving.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">The function includes step-by-step guidance to create the glazing shade bands. Recommendations in SAE J100 JAN2005 are supported.</p>
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