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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_hinge_location.gif" border="0"> The Hinge Location wizard lets you perform a hinge location study for the automotive door design process.
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      <p class="para_topic">Use Hinge Location any time during door design to add hinges to a door and validate that the door swings freely.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">You can use it to:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Create the necessary geometry and expressions to calculate the door rise.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Add Quick Check features to automatically check that the door rise remains within the required criteria range. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Add standard hinge components to an assembly and the necessary features for hinge mounting to the inner door. </p>
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      <p class="para_topic">All data generated by this wizard is associative to the input geometry and parameters. </p>
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