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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Die Operation - Dialog Fields</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('dieengr/die_op_ov.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('dieengr/die_op_proc.html');return(false);">How To</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Related Topics</p>
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            <th bgcolor="#c0c0c0" colspan="2" rowspan="1" valign="top"><a name="options_die_op_dialog_dialog"></a><p class="para_th">Die Operation Dialog Options</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Selection Steps</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/lineup_ico.gif" border="0"> Lets you select a DIE_LINEUP feature or a previously created DIE_OPERATION feature. 
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               <p class="para_td">If one or more operations exist in the part file, the last DIE_OPERATION feature is selected by default. </p>
               <p class="para_td">When editing a DIE_OPERATION feature this selection step is not available on the dialog.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">changeable window</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lists the available descriptive text strings for the die operation. These are default text strings specified in the Die Engineering defaults file. Selecting one of the default strings inserts it into the Description field.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Shows the text that will be used to describe the die operation. You can enter your own descriptive text here, or you can select one of the default text strings from the list box (the changeable window).</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Choose Method</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Before - Creates the operation before the selected operation in the lineup.</p>
               <p class="para_td">After - Creates the operation after the selected operation in the lineup.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Stamping window size</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you specify the size of the stamping window of the press to be used for the die operation. </p>
               <p class="para_td">You can enter X (X Length), Y (Y Length) and Z (Z Length) values. These values specify the size of the press to be used.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">More Details</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Displays a text window to let you record special notes for the die operation you are defining. You can enter any text here that you regard as pertinent to the process or which describes special situations or customer standards. The text you enter is recorded and maintained with the DIE_OPERATION feature.</p>
               <p class="para_td">An alternative to entering straight text is to setup a special custom dialog to display and query for specific data. See  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('dieengr/more_details.html');return(false);">More Details</a> for specifics.
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               <p class="para_td">Object Properties</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you specify object properties for the created output data (layer, font, width, color).</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you preview the results and accept, reject or analyze them. This option is common to Selection Steps dialogs.</p>
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