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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('quickstack/procedure_assy.html');return(false);">Create an assembly</a>, adding the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('quickstack/procedure_tols.html');return(false);">tolerances</a> and <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('quickstack/procedure_mating.html');return(false);">mating conditions or assembly constraints</a> that you want.
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            <p class="para_item">Create <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('quickstack/procedure_measure.html');return(false);">measurements</a> for the faces whose variations you want to check. A measurement can be the distance or the angle between two faces, or the minimum or maximum virtual clearance between a hole and pin feature. You can define multiple measurements.
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            <p class="para_item">Specify the type of simulation you want to run (<b class="uiTerm">Use Extreme Distribution</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Use Normal Distribution</b>) on the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('quickstack/preferences.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Tolerance Stackup Validation Preferences</b> dialog box</a>.
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            <p class="para_item">Run a <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('quickstack/procedure_sim.html');return(false);">simulation</a>.
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            <p class="para_item">Evaluate the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('quickstack/results.html');return(false);">results</a>.
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            <p class="para_item">Tweak the inputs, if desired (i.e., change the tolerances, mating conditions, or assembly sequence). You can use the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('quickstack/spreadsheet.html');return(false);">spreadsheet</a> to quickly change the tolerances and run additional simulations. Changed tolerance values in the spreadsheet may be saved back to the original components if you have write permissions to those components.
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