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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/solid_punch.html');return(false);">Solid Punch Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Thickness</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use this option to specify if the solid punch thickness should be inferred from the target solid or have its own thickness expression.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Create Auto Centroid</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">This option determines whether or not a point creates at the centroid of the solid punch intersection curves. You can use this point for manufacturing purposes.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Die Blend</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">This option indicates if die blends should apply to the non&ndash;g1 edges between the solid punch and the target body. &nbsp;If this option is on, you must specify radius values to apply.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Inner Radius</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Inner Radius</b> box is optional when blends are to be applied to the non&ndash;g1 edges between the solid punch and the faces that are opposite to the target g1&ndash;faces.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Outer Radius</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Outer Radius</b> box is optional when blends are to be applied to the non&ndash;g1 edges between the solid punch and the target g1&ndash;faces. In general, the outer radius is the inner radius plus thickness.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Constant Thickness</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">This option indicates whether or not sharp edges on the tool body will yield blended edges with constant thickness. If this option is turned off, the solid punch will contain sharp edges without constant thickness. &nbsp;Figure 2 illustrates the sharp edges that result when the <b class="uiTerm">Constant Thickness</b> option is off. &nbsp;Figure 3 shows the blended edges that result when the option is on.
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               <div class="title_figure">Figure 2</div>
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