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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating Machining Features Through Feature Recognition: Pocket Type  </div>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The scope is now set to pocket features. 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 features that have one floor and one or more 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;</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">Use your cursor to select one or more floors from the graphics window. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select Apply and the system displays the selected pocket features 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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