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      <div class="title_topic1" id="xps10_pagetitle"><img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/vehicle_automation/die_engineering/die_face.gif" border="0">&nbsp; Die Face
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      <p class="para_topic">This function allows you to see the effects of springback and overcrown operations performed on the die output sheet body. You use the Die Face function to create a sheet body that is a copy of the die output sheet body and modify it according to any springback and/or overcrown definition.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Springback is defined using the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('dieengr/die_flange_task.html');return(false);">Die Flange Task</a> functions flange rotation option. Here you can specify the springback angle by using a constant angle or by defining a law.
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      <p class="para_topic">Overcrowning is specified by  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('dieengr/die_edit_face.html');return(false);">editing a DIE_OUTPUT feature</a> and using the Springback Compensation option. There are three options to define overcrown.
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            <p class="para_item">Uniform Membrane Expansion - is simply a scale of the entire die output sheet body.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Overcrown by Function </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Overcrown by Surface - these two options give you access to the same functionality asin the free form feature function Global Shaping.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">First, define springback information in a die flange task feature and/or overcrown information in a die output feature.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Use the Die Face function to create the sheet body that was modified for springback and/or overcrowning.</p>
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