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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Molded Part Validation Overview</div>
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               <p class="para_td">Use <b class="uiTerm">Molded Part Validation</b> to analyze plastic and cast parts to assess qualities of moldability and manufacturability.
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Use<b class="uiTerm"> Molded Part Validation</b> to do the following types of analysis:
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Face analysis</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic">Use <b class="uiTerm">Face analysis</b> to:
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            <p class="para_item">Find undercut areas and undercut edges</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Find the crossover faces (those that cross over both the cavity and core side)</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Find vertical faces with zero draft angle</p>
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            <p class="para_item">List the number of positive faces and negative faces</p>
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            <p class="para_item">List the number of cavity or core side patch-up loops</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Change the color of a particular group of faces (such as positive faces, negative faces, undercut areas, crossover faces)</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Split faces with Isocline, datum plane, or curves/edges</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Perform <b class="uiTerm">Face Draft Analysis</b> via a link to <b class="uiTerm">NX Face Draft Analysis</b>.
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Region analysis</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic">Use <b class="uiTerm">Region analysis</b> to:
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            <p class="para_item">Find parting lines</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Find patch-up loops</p>
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Product model information</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic">Use <b class="uiTerm">Product model information</b> to:
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            <p class="para_item">Get face properties (draft angle, area)</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Get model properties (overall dimensions, volume/area, etc)</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Find sharp corners (sharp edges and small corner faces)</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Molded Part Validation Dialog</div>
      <p class="para_division">The Molded Part Validation dialog features the <b class="uiTerm">Face</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Region</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Settings</b>, and<b class="uiTerm"> Information</b> tabs.
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            <p class="para_item">Use the options on the <b class="uiTerm">Face</b> tab for draft angle analysis and face coloring.
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            <p class="para_item">Use the options on the <b class="uiTerm">Region</b> tab to divide the faces of the product model into cavity and core regions and display parting line loops.
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            <p class="para_item">Use the options to turn on the display of internal loops, parting edges, and incomplete loops.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Use the options on the <b class="uiTerm">Information</b> tab to examine additional characteristics of the product model.
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      <div class="title_division">Starting Molded Part Validation</div>
      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Molded Part Validation</b> application is on the main <b class="uiTerm">NX</b> menu, under <b class="uiTerm">Analysis</b>. 
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      <p class="para_division">To start <b class="uiTerm">Molded Part Validation</b>, do the following:
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            <p class="para_item">On the <b class="uiTerm">NX</b> main menu, select <b class="uiTerm">Analysis</b>, and choose <b class="uiTerm">Molded Part Validation</b>. 
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            <p class="para_item">The<b class="uiTerm"> MPV Initialization </b> dialog is displayed.
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            <p class="para_item">If there are multiple bodies in the part file, select the body to be analyzed.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">If the draw direction is other than the +Z vector (the default), set the direction.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Accept the default tolerance and click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>. 
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            <p class="para_item">The <b class="uiTerm">Molded Part Validation</b> dialog is displayed.
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                        <p class="para_note_body">If you receive unexpected results or if the model has many small faces, try defining a smaller value in the <b class="uiTerm">Tolerance</b> field. 
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