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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"><img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/vehicle_automation/die_design/trim_flange_die_assistant.gif" border="0"> The <b class="uiTerm">Trim/Flange Die Assistant</b> command enables you to create the initial castings for the major components of a trim and/or flange die, all at once. 
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Before using the <b class="uiTerm">Trim/Flange Die Assistant</b>, you must define the sheet body representing the product shape, and create trim and/or flange profiles. 
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      <p class="para_topic">Depending on the input provided, <b class="uiTerm">Trim/Flange Die Assistant </b> automatically creates the following castings:
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Trim/Flange Die Assistant</b> also adds appropriate pierce equipment.
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      <p class="para_topic">The features are created in part files found in the assembly, based on the existence of part file attributes. If no part file attributes exist, features are created in the work part.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Based on the <b class="uiTerm">Customer Defaults</b> settings, some castings are added as component parts, and WAVE links are created. This command also ensures that proper clearance exists between die components, based on the thickness of the sheet metal. 
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      <p class="para_division">In the Modeling application,</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Tools</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Automotive Applications</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Die Design</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Trim/Flange Die Assistant</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">On the <b class="uiTerm">Die Design</b> toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">Trim/Flange Die Assistant</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/vehicle_automation/die_design/trim_flange_die_assistant.gif" border="0">.
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