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      <div class="title_topic5" id="xps10_pagetitle">User Defined Steps Overview</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">When you select the user-defined step, you can access a sub-panel containing icons for the following individual steps: <b class="uiTerm">Selection</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Real</b>, <b class="uiTerm">KF Styler</b>, <b class="uiTerm">UF Styler</b>, <b class="uiTerm">NX Dialog</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Message</b>.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">To launch the icon sub-panel, you must have the <b class="uiTerm">Group</b> step selected; then click MB3 and choose <b class="uiTerm">Modify Step</b>.
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      <div class="title_division">Group User-Defined Step</div>
      <p class="para_division">The user-defined <b class="uiTerm">Group</b> step is somewhat unique in that you must have the <b class="uiTerm">Group</b> step selected and MB3 to choose <b class="uiTerm">Modify Step</b> before you can access the user-defined step options. 
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Navigator Item</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Icon Name</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">File name of graphic displayed in the navigator node of the Manufacturing Wizard.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Icon Name</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Graphic file name</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Auto Execute</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">If enabled, the step processes automatically in the Manufacturing Wizard, using defined or default settings.</p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Individual User-Defined Step</div>
      <p class="para_division">After you activate the sub-panel, using the MB3 option in the <b class="uiTerm">Group</b> step, you can populate the individual step area with your selection. You can select more than one individual step per user-defined step so that they work together. For example, you could define a force vector as follows:
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            <p class="para_item">Create an individual <b class="uiTerm">Selection</b> step to prompt the end-user to select the face for force.
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            <p class="para_item">Create a <b class="uiTerm">Real</b> step and enter the magnitude of force.
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            <p class="para_item">Create a <b class="uiTerm">UF Styler</b> step and define the &quot;upper&quot; vector direction.
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      <p class="para_division">For more information about each of the individual steps, see the following sections:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/usr_def_select.html');return(false);">Selection</a> 
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            <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/usr_def_real.html');return(false);">Real</a> &nbsp;
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            <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/usr_def_kfstyler.html');return(false);">KF Styler</a> 
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            <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/usrdef_nxdialog.html');return(false);">NX Dialog</a> 
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            <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/usr_def_message.html');return(false);">Message</a></p>
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