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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_slot.html');return(false);">Slot Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Options</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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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Method</b> options menu lets you select either <b class="uiTerm">Edge Offsets</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Relative Positioning and Orientation (RPO)</b> to position the slot.
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      <p class="para_topic">When using <b class="uiTerm">Edge Offsets</b>, you need to select two edges in the <b class="uiTerm">Edge Offset 1</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Edge Offset 2</b> selection steps.
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      <p class="para_topic">When using the <b class="uiTerm">RPO</b> positioning method, you don't need to select <b class="uiTerm">Offset Edges</b> or enter <b class="uiTerm">Edge Offset</b> values. You should specify the feature parameters then select the <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b> buttons. The tool body (such as a cylinder) is built and positioned in some default position based on the pick point. You are then given the chance to add RPO dimensions to the feature. If the <b class="uiTerm">Placement Face</b> is non&ndash;planar, you must select a face (or datum plane) to serve as a reference plane for the RPO dimensions. For the slot, the RPO dimensions will specify the position of the slot center on the reference plane. If the <b class="uiTerm">Placement Face</b> and the reference plane are different, the slot center point will be projected along the RPO reference plane normal vector to the <b class="uiTerm">Placement Face</b>.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">See the explanations of <b class="uiTerm">Model State</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Edit Parameters</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Edit Positioning Dimensions</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Update</b> in  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_slot_tips.html');return(false);">Tips and Techniques</a>. This section explains how RPO is affected by the state (such as formed or unformed) of the features on which the slot is placed.
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      <div class="title_division">Edge 1 offset</div>
      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Edge 1 Offset</b> value is used to offset the first offset edge into (or outside of) the face and intersect with the second offset edge. This value may be either positive or negative.
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      <div class="title_division">Edge 2 offset</div>
      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Edge 2 Offset</b> value is used to offset the second offset edge into (or outside of) the face and intersect with the first offset edge. This value may be either positive or negative.
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      <div class="title_division">Type</div>
      <p class="para_division">You can use the <b class="uiTerm">Type</b> options menu to create three different types of Sheet Metal <b class="uiTerm">Slots</b>:
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Punch</b> &ndash; This is the default, and requires a placement face and two edges or RPOs to be specified. A punch slot pierces one thickness of the solid body.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Through</b> &ndash; This type requires a placement face, two edges or RPO's, and a second face to which the slot will extend. The <b class="uiTerm">Through</b> type pierces all faces and bodies in its path between the placement face and the through face. The length, width, position, and orientation of through slots are associative to the first (or master) slot that lies on the placement face.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Depth</b> &ndash; This type requires a placement face, two edges or RPO's, and a depth value, and, optionally, a tip angle to be specified.
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      <div class="title_division">Length</div>
      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Length</b> defines the length of the slot from arc tangent to arc tangent. The length must be a positive value greater than the width.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">In previous releases, the length was measured from arc center to arc center. Pre&ndash;Unigraphics 16 Sheet Metal slots will remain the same size, but their length parameters will be increased so that they measure the distance from arc tangent to arc tangent.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Width</div>
      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm"> Width</b> defines the width of the slot. The <b class="uiTerm">Width</b> value must be a positive value less than the length.
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      <div class="title_division">Depth</div>
      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Depth</b> defines the depth of the tool body for the <b class="uiTerm">Depth</b> type slot. The depth value must be positive.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">If you choose to create a <b class="uiTerm">Punch</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Through</b> slot, you cannot specify a <b class="uiTerm">Depth</b> value.
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      <div class="title_division">Face normal direction</div>
      <p class="para_division">Turn this option on if you would like the slot to be created normal to the placement face. If you would like to define a specific vector for the axis of the slot, then turn this option off and use the <b class="uiTerm">Direction Vector</b> selection step to define a new vector.
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