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               <p class="para_td">Profile Flange Overview</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/prof_parameters.html');return(false);">Options</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/build_multi_parts.html');return(false);">Related Topics</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Section Profile</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">A representation of the side view of the profile flange. The section profile is defined by sketch, composed of lines and arcs. Splines and conics are not supported at this time. The plane of the section profile is defined by the selected edge and the inferred attachment face. The plane will be normal to the edge at the start point.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Web Profile</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">A representation of the top view or the <b class="uiTerm">Flat Pattern</b> view of the profile flange. The <b class="uiTerm">Web Profile</b> has the same editing functionality and rules as the sketch used in the <b class="uiTerm">Multibend Bracket</b> feature. For all the bends defined through the <b class="uiTerm">Section Profile</b>, the <b class="uiTerm">Web Profile</b> will have reference geometry, bend tangent lines and a bend center line. <b class="uiTerm">Profile Flange</b> provides you with a default <b class="uiTerm">Web Profile</b> that is rectangular in shape. The plane of the <b class="uiTerm">Web Profile</b> is normal to the attachment face and in the plane of the selected edge.
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               <p class="para_td">Automatic Bend</p>
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               <p class="para_td">If you have sharp corners in the section profile, bends will be added automatically to these corners. You have an option to control the bend radius and the inner/outer property of this automatic bend. You have an option to control this radius expression through the <b class="uiTerm">Expressions Editor</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Start Point</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">This is the end point of the selected edge that is closer to the pick point on the edge. The other end of the edge is called the end point. <b class="uiTerm">Start Point</b> is used to define the start point of the section profile and also the offset options for the width.
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