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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating Machining Features Through Feature Recognition: Face Type  </div>
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      <p class="para_topic"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/mach_create_rec_face.html');return(false);"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/select_face_top_lc.gif" border="0"></a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/mach_feat_man.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Use Vector Hint or Floor Hint to reduce the scope by vector or floor. Without reducing the scope with Vector Hint or Floor Hint the system will recognize all face features that are free standing faces without concave walls, often creating too much output to be beneficial. &nbsp;</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select Vector Hint  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/vector_hint.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">Specify the vector with the help of the Vector Method pull down menu. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select Apply and the system displays the features with a floor normal or equal to the vector you specified in the Recognized Features field.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select OK and the system adds all features in the Recognized Features field to the Machining Feature Navigator.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select Floor Hint  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/floor_hint.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">Select one or more floors from the screen. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select Apply and the system displays the selected floors in the Recognized Features field.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select OK and the system adds all features in the Recognized Features field to the Machining Feature Navigator.</p>
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