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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Feature-Based Machining Template Types</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The FBM_GEOM is a base feature group subtype usually needed for creating feature groups manually, such as when building new holemaking templates or when a holemaking template does not include the required feature template subtype for a certain feature.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Holemaking Templates</div>
      <p class="para_division">Holemaking comes with two templates. The main Holemaking template identifies and evaluates features and/or attributed geometric entities. The Holemaking Mold Wizard template identifies and evaluates Mold Wizard hole components. These templates are available in both metric and inch. &nbsp;</p>
      <p class="para_division">In the Holemaking and Holemaking Mold Wizard templates, a subtype exists for each  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/feat_base.html');return(false);">feature</a>. Select a subtype from the template that matches the type of feature you want to identify and evaluate. When you choose a subtype, the corresponding features are identified and grouped together in feature groups based on the selected classification criteria. Then a predefined process (a set of Holemaking or Hole Mill operations) is created in the Operation Navigator and adopted into KF automatically. Depending on the feature's parameters, only a certain set of operations is visible in the Operation Navigator. Some of the operations might not be needed and are suppressed accordingly. Both the Hole Mill and the Holemaking operations need to have a feature group.
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      <p class="para_division">The  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/mach_holem_subtyp_table.html');return(false);">Holemaking Template Subtype Table</a> and  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/mach_holem_mw_temp_table.html');return(false);">Holemaking Mold Wizard Template Subtype Table</a> show the feature subtypes that are currently available in the Create Geometry dialog.
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      <div class="title_division">Feature Milling Templates</div>
      <p class="para_division">Feature Milling comes with a template that identifies and processes simple milling features according to their feature information.</p>
      <p class="para_division">It is recommended to apply this template from the Machining Feature Navigator where the various types of features are collected and prepared for the downstream CAM process. Currently there are various template subtypes for POCKET and FACE features available.</p>
      <p class="para_division">When applied to a selected set of features from the Machining Feature Navigator, the system creates feature groups and operations in the Operation Navigator. These operations are automatically adopted to KF to allow a rule based operation parameter handling.</p>
      <p class="para_division">The Feature Milling Subtype Table shows the feature subtypes that are currently available in the Create Geometry Dialog.</p>
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