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      <div class="title_topic5" id="xps10_pagetitle">Bend creation options</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Buttons that allow you to select the type of bend corners for child paths that have their bend corners in the same plane as the parent path. If you choose the <b class="uiTerm">Maintain Center</b> option, the <b class="uiTerm">Use Ratio to Stock Diameter</b> option is sensitive.
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      <div class="title_division">Use ratio to stock diameter</div>
      <p class="para_division">The state of this option will determine the criteria for the minimum bend radius possible when creating the offset paths. One of the <b class="uiTerm">Minimum Bend Ratio</b> and the <b class="uiTerm">Minimum Bend Radius</b> boxes will be sensitive depending on whether this option is selected or not.
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      <div class="title_division">Minimum bend ratio </div>
      <p class="para_division">The minimum allowed bend corner ratio for corners created in the child path. If the corner does not meet this minimum, it does not create in the child path. If the value is set in Routing Mechanical or Routing Electrical <b class="uiTerm">Preferences&rarr;Default Corner</b>, the system will use that value as the default. If not, 0.5 is used. This option is sensitive only if you choose the <b class="uiTerm">Maintain Center</b> option. 
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      <div class="title_division">Minimum bend radius </div>
      <p class="para_division">The minimum allowed bend corner radius for corners created in the child path. If the corner does not meet this minimum, it does not create in the child path. If the value is set in <b class="uiTerm">Routing Mechanical</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Routing Electrical&rarr;Preferences&rarr;Default Corner</b>, the system will use that value as the default. If not, 3.0 is used. This option will be sensitive only if you choose <b class="uiTerm">Maintain Center</b> option.
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      <div class="title_division">Create associative paths</div>
      <p class="para_division">This option allows you to select whether the child paths created will update with the parent path as it changes shape or location.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Check for duplicates</div>
      <p class="para_division">This option notifies you if it is determined that one of the slave path's segments overlays an existing segment(s).</p>
      <div class="title_division">Maintain stock on paths</div>
      <p class="para_division">This option notifies you to have all the stock that is currently on the selected parent path put on the created child paths. If there is no stock on the parent path the state of this option will not be relevant.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Select New Path</b>  This button that takes you back to the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/paths_routing.html');return(false);">Routing Object Selection</a> dialog box to select a new parent path. This has the same functionality that <b class="uiTerm">Back</b> would have if it were provided. The currently highlighted path will be de&ndash;selected.
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