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      <div class="title_topic5" id="xps10_pagetitle">Scenario Driver Ranges - McPherson and SLA Templates</div>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The following are the dialog options for the McPherson and SLA templates.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Option</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Driver Graph</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Depending on the Driver Graph you select, the dialog options will be slightly different.</p>
               <p class="para_th">Below are the graph icons and their descriptions:</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"> Graph 1</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">Articulations are based on a rectangular function using the upper and lower limits for steering and jounce/rebound.</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">Same as graph one above, but articulation displacements will now be tapered starting at a percentage value for the Y axis.</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">Same as graph two above, except tapering is performed along the X axis.</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">Graph 4</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">This driver graph tapers only on one side of the axis.</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">A sketch must be specified to define the custom shape that controls the driver values. The local coordinate systems of the sketch controls the displacements used in articulation.</p>
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                        <p class="para_td">This is a special case of driver graph #1. It is still a driver graph using two drivers. However, one of the two drivers is fixed in the driver range while the other driver is active.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Drivers X&rarr;Y</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Changes the drivers associated with each axis. If Steering is currently the X axis, it will be changed to Y axis. If Jounce/Rebound is Y axis it will become the X axis.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lower Range, Upper Range</p>
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               <p class="para_td">These are the displacements for each driver. For example, if one of the drivers is for steering, a lower and upper range might be -50.0mm and 50.0mm</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Number of Steps</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Number of reference locations to use for this range. This is used to compute the step size.</p>
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