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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">A filler stock is a type of stock with special significance only to Routing Electrical. For example, a filler stock might be a metal rod used to ensure a rigid pathway for other flexible stock (such as wires) assigned a path. Parts cannot connect to <b class="uiTerm">Filler Stock</b> like they can to regular stock. Routing does not display any ports at the ends of <b class="uiTerm">Filler Stock</b>. <b class="uiTerm">Filler Stock</b> has special significance while <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/wiring_bundle_cal.html');return(false);">computing wire bundles</a> in Routing Electrical. For wire bundling purposes, <b class="uiTerm">Filler Stock</b> is treated as an under&ndash;stock, for example, all wires go on top of the filler stock.
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      <p class="para_topic">Any stock can be designated a filler stock by populating a <b class="commandName">BUNDLE_FILLER</b> characteristic in the stock part table. The presence of any value for the <b class="commandName">BUNDLE_FILLER</b> characteristic defines the corresponding stock entry to be a filler stock.
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      <p class="para_topic">Another way of defining filler stock is to use <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/wiring_wire_qualify_part.html');return(false);">Qualify Part</a> and assign a filler part type to the desired stock profile part.
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