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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating a Mold Setup</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/setup_mold_die.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Mold sequences and die sequences are available within the Mill_Contour configuration setups. When you select a setup for a mold or die sequence, a process assistant asks you for required information through a progression of dialogs. Each dialog prompts for information that is common for the whole setup, such as the coordinate system or geometry. Select OK to continue to the next dialog, or Back to return to the last dialog. All the setup and process assistants work in a manner similar to that described in the following example: </p>
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      <p class="para_division">Open a part without a setup and select the Manufacturing application. To create the setup, select the Mill_Contour configuration, then select the mold_sequences setup and Initialize. </p>
      <p class="para_division">The system displays a welcome dialog, and the process assistant leads you through the following steps:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the machine coordinate system.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the dialog, select an MCS icon and define the machine coordinate system for this program. The system stores this information in the MCS group. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the clearance plane.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Define a safe clearance above the part where the system can use rapid motion. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the Clearance checkbox and then select Specify. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select or display the part geometry.</p>
            <p class="para_item">If Display is active, select it to see what part geometry the system has selected. The system automatically selects all the geometry named PART. If this is what you want, select OK. </p>
            <p class="para_item">If Display is not active, click Select and select your part geometry. This is usually a solid body of the entire core or cavity. The system needs this information even if you only cut some of the faces. This is to keep the tool from gouging or colliding with the rest of the part body. This is also used by Visualize and the Gouge Checker.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select or display the blank geometry.</p>
            <p class="para_item">If Display is active, select it to see what blank geometry the system has selected. The system automatically selects all geometry named BLANK. If this is what you want, select OK.</p>
            <p class="para_item">If Display is not active, click Select and select your blank geometry. Select a solid body or use the auto block or auto distance options. This represents what your part looks like at the beginning of the setup, before being machined.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select OK. The system displays an information window and a message that you have completed the setup. The setup contains the MCS and workpiece as well as several tools and methods that are common in mold machining. The information window gives you two choices: either change templates and create operations as you normally do, or select the Create Geometry icon to create predefined sequences.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">The next section explains how to create predefined sequences:</p>
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