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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Gripper Notches - Procedure</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('diedesign/diedes_gripr_notchs.html');return(false);">Gripper Notches</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item">Optionally use the Gripper Notch Solid selection step to select a solid body that is to be subtracted from the lower binder casting to get the notches.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Optionally use the Gripper Notch Profile selection step to select the profile and the location of the gripper notch. If an open profile is selected, then the two open end points are connected linearly. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Optionally use the Placement Orientation selection step to specify a point, CSYS or a plane to determine the actual location plane. If the specified gripper notch profile is planar you can specify a point, a CSYS or a plane. If it is non-planar, you can only specify a CSYS or a plane.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Optionally use the Plane Subfunction to create a plane and assign it to the current selection step. This option is available with the Placement Orientation Selection step when the Filter is set to any, plane or datum plane.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">If an allowance is to be provided on the selected solid body, then enter the value in the Clearance field.</p>
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