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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Ribbing</div>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('diedesign/flange_steel_dialog.html');return(false);">Flange Steel  - Dialog</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Use this dialog to specify the geometric locations and numeric parameters for creating the ribs in <b class="uiTerm">Flange Steel</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Steel Inserts</b>. 
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      <p class="para_topic">Ribs you create are associative to the input geometry and update when the parent geometry is modified.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">You reach this dialog by double-clicking the <b class="uiTerm">Ribbing</b> item in the Tree List of the main dialog.
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               <p class="para_th">Ribbing -  Common Dialog Options</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Selection Steps</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/stl_ins_plane_ico.gif" border="0"><b class="uiTerm">Plane</b> - Lets you specify planes or a datum plane for the location of the ribs.
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               <p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/steel_ins_plane_sub_ico.gif" border="0"><b class="uiTerm">Plane</b> Subfunction
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               <p class="para_td">Opens the <b class="uiTerm">Plane</b> subfunction dialog where you can create a plane.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Filter</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Aids in object selection. You can select: Any, Plane, Datum Plane</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Thickness (T)</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you to enter a value for the rib thickness. The default is 20 mm.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Offset (O)</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you to enter a offset value for the plane definition. The default is zero.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Back Distance (BD)</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you to enter a value for the distance from the back plane to the rib.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Flange Steel Ribbing -  Dialog Options</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Chamfer Distance (CD)</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you to enter a value for the chamfer distance. </p>
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               <p class="para_th">Steel Insert Ribbing -  Dialog Options</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Distance (SD)</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you to enter a value for the distance from the sheet metal to the top of the rib.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Use Angle</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you specify that <b class="uiTerm">Angle</b>, instead of <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Distance</b>, should be used to construct the rib.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Angle (A)</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you supply the angle for the rib. The default is 20 degrees. (<b class="uiTerm">Use Angle</b> must be selected for this option to be available.)
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            <p class="para_item">Select the plane of the rib. Use the <b class="uiTerm">Plane</b> subfunction, if necessary.
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            <p class="para_item">Specify a value for the rib <b class="uiTerm">Thickness</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Offset</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">(<b class="uiTerm">Flange Steel</b> only) Specify a value for the <b class="uiTerm">Chamfer Distance</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Specify a value for the <b class="uiTerm">Back Distance</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">(<b class="uiTerm">Steel Inserts</b> only) Specify the <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Distance</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">(<b class="uiTerm">Steel Inserts</b>, optional) Select <b class="uiTerm">Use Angle</b> and specify the <b class="uiTerm">Angle</b> of the rib face.
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            <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to create ribs and return to the main dialog.
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