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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mpv/mpv_wall_thick_oview.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Wall Thickness Check</b> dialog contains the <b class="uiTerm">Calculate</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Inspect</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Options</b> tabs.
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      <div class="title_division">Calculate Tab</div>
      <p class="para_division">Use the options on the <b class="uiTerm"> Calculate</b> tab to set mesh size parameters and start the <b class="uiTerm">Wall Thickness Check</b> process.
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      <div class="title_division">Maximum Mesh Element Size</div>
      <p class="para_division">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Coarse/Fine</b> slider to set the mesh element size and therefore the precision level for wall thickness calculations. Coarse precision uses fewer mesh element sample points and reduces calculation time. Fine precision increases both the sample points and the calculation time. 
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      <div class="title_division">Calculate Thickness</div>
      <p class="para_division">To start the <b class="uiTerm">Wall Thickness Check </b> application, click <b class="uiTerm">Calculate Thickness</b>.
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      <div class="title_division">Overall Results </div>
      <p class="para_division">The results of the <b class="uiTerm">Wall Thickness Check</b> calculations are posted under <b class="uiTerm">Overall Results</b>. 
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      <div class="title_division">Inspect Tab</div>
      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Inspect</b> tab lets you set visual inspection parameters
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      <div class="title_division">Display Method</div>
      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Display Method</b> lets you select the type of visual representation you want for the thickness calculation results.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Fringe Color</b> renders faces with a continuous range of colors. Fringe Color uses all of the model's results to calculate fringe thresholds. Thickness values are represented by a scaled color spectrum, which is matched to the color spectrum in the processed part as shown in the following image:
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Ray Vectors</b> displays the wall thickness as vector lines between the mesh points as shown in the following image:
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      <div class="title_division">Face Selection Filter</div>
      <p class="para_division">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Face Selection Filter</b> to specify selectable faces.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">All Faces</b> lets you select all available faces on the part.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Select From View</b> lets you select faces directly from the view.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Thickness Range</b> lets you specify a thickness range for faces. A default thickness range is calculated and provided. You can modify the range.
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      <div class="title_division">Change Color of Selected Faces</div>
      <p class="para_division">Use <b class="uiTerm">Change Color of Selected Faces</b> to erase the display from the previous operation by default. However, you may elect to keep the previous display to aid in inspecting the results by overlapping the display of results. 
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      <div class="title_division">Erase Existing Display Before Update</div>
      <p class="para_division">Use <b class="uiTerm">Erase Existing Display Before Update</b> to reset all display characteristics before the next calculation.
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      <div class="title_division">Selected Face Translucency</div>
      <p class="para_division">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Selected Face Translucency</b> slider to set an approximate translucency for selected faces to help you visually inspect the thickness calculation results.
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      <div class="title_division">Non Selected Face Translucency</div>
      <p class="para_division">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Non Selected Face Translucency</b> slider to set an approximate translucency for non-selected faces to help you visually inspect the thickness calculation results. 
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      <div class="title_division">Options Tab</div>
      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm"> Options</b> tab lets you set the visual display parameters for fringe plot and ray vector results.
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      <div class="title_division">Fringe Color Palette</div>
      <p class="para_division">Use <b class="uiTerm">Colors</b> to modify color palettes to define the colors to be used in the fringe plot legend for the Fringe Color display method. &nbsp;Results values that are outside of the range for the minimum or maximum threshold values will be displayed as the colors specified in the minimum or maximum threshold value.
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      <div class="title_division">Ray Vectors Display Options</div>
      <p class="para_division">Use <b class="uiTerm">Ray Vectors Display Options</b> to select the visual inspection aids to help you view the results of the thickness calculations:
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Display Thickness Vectors</b> lets you see only the vector lines.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Save Thickness Vectors As Lines</b> lets you create and save the thickness vectors as permanent lines.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Display Mesh Elements</b> lets you see the mesh elements for the selected faces.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Display Opposite Mesh Elements</b> lets you see the corresponding mesh elements that are opposite the selected face.
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