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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Common Die Features &ndash; Node Tree</div>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('diedesign/diedes_common_diefeat_list.html');return(false);">Common Die Features List</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The main dialog for certain major die components includes a window with a node tree composed of a list of features that are common to its type (such as a Draw Die Punch). </p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">For a list of all common features see the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('diedesign/diedes_common_diefeat_list.html');return(false);">Common Die Features List</a>. 
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      <p class="para_topic">Double-clicking on a feature in the tree displays the dialog for that feature, letting you make adjustments to the feature parameters. Use MB3 to create the feature.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">A typical node tree for a set of common die features. Features are followed by their child features in the list. You can double-click both the parent and the child features to edit their parameters.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/mnt_plusminus_ico.gif" border="0">The plus/minus icons let you display all of the child features defined in the class in the list, or compress the list so that only the feature class is shown.
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               <p class="para_td">MB3 Pop-Up Functions for Selected Features in the Node Tree</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Design Status</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Active</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The die component has this feature applied at the next update.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The die component does not have this feature applied at the next update.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Color and Attributes</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Opens the Attributes dialog, allowing you to set the face attributes for the selected feature.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Delete</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Create</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Creates children nodes for the selected parent. If the parent has no children, you can update the parent information (such as with Cast Relief for the Draw Die Punch, which has no parents).</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Create Single Child</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Creates a single child node for a selected parent of the type that normally creates multiple children. Use this option, for example, if you need to create a single rib, keyway or heel post.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Edit</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Opens the dialog for the feature; same action as double-click.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Display</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Hide / Show</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Shows or hides the information you have created in the dialog. It does not show or hide existing information. This has the effect of clearing up clutter in the graphics screen.</p>
               <p class="para_td">For example, when creating Pressure System points you can define 100 or more points through the parent, yet you may not want them displayed continuously. The same is true for the ribbing features.</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">For Delete, Display (Hide/Show) and Design Status (Active/Inactive) you can select multiple items in the node tree, with the result that all are operated upon. </p>
      <p class="para_topic">If you perform an operation on a parent node, all of its children are also operated upon.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">If you perform an operation on the top node in a tree, then the whole tree is operated upon.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Build Status</div>
      <p class="para_division">If a feature was active and successfully built during the update of a die component, the Build Status of the feature is set to Valid.</p>
      <p class="para_division">If a feature was active and did not successfully build during the update of a die component, the Build Status of the feature is set to Failed.</p>
      <p class="para_division">If a feature was active but has not been built, the Build Status is Unknown.</p>
      <p class="para_division">If a feature was inactive, the Build Status of the feature is set to Indeterminate.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Graphic Representation</div>
      <p class="para_division">Each feature has a graphic representation in the graphics window that is optionally visible while the main dialog is active (Show/Hide). </p>
      <p class="para_division">If you select a feature in the graphics window, its respective node highlights and is selected in the node tree. If the selected feature exists in more than one node, each node may highlight and be selected. You can sequentially select multiple features in the graphics window, one after another, and add to the selected nodes in the tree list. If you select multiple nodes in the tree you should exercise some caution, as operations such as such as MB3&rarr; Delete and Display will affect all selected nodes.</p>
      <p class="para_division">If you preselect a feature in the list, the graphic representation is displayed in the preselection color, even if the current display status is Hide. Selection and Preselection highlighting works in both the create and edit modes. Associated faces and other objects are also highlighted.</p>
      <p class="para_division">If you select a feature in the list, the graphic representation is displayed in the selection color, even if the current display status is Hide. </p>
      <p class="para_division">You can also select the graphic representation of a feature and use it as input to another feature (with the exception of ribs, which is a temporary display that cannot be selected as input to another feature).</p>
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