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      </table><br><pre class="indent">Thickness cannot be negative
R value must be positive.
Tolerance must be positive.
Minimum number of sampled points must be positive.</pre><p class="para_topic">These messages indicate invalid data has been entered.</p><pre class="indent">Please deselect invalid curves.</pre><p class="para_topic">The bend edge and spine must be smooth (G1 continuous). You have selected curves that do not meet this criterion.</p><pre class="indent">Flange length too long for selected spine/bend edge.</pre><p class="para_topic">The general flange has failed because the planar section curves that define it intersect each other. Try selecting a spine with less curvature.</p><pre class="indent">Warning &ndash; General Flange not thickened.</pre><p class="para_topic">The thicken operation has failed. The General Flange will be built as a sheet body. Note that a sheet body cannot be united to a solid body.</p><pre class="indent">Warning &ndash; General Flange not united to target.</pre><p class="para_topic">The unite operation has failed. The general flange will be built as a separate body.</p><pre class="indent">Warning &ndash; General Flange distortion not applied.</pre><p class="para_topic">The general flange distortion algorithm has failed in an unformed state. The general flange will be built using the nominal unformed shape however, the edges will not show distortion.</p><pre class="indent">Section curves must be planar.</pre><p class="para_topic">In <b class="uiTerm">Build to Sections</b> mode, each set of section curves must lie in a plane.
      </p><pre class="indent">Section curves must be smooth.</pre><p class="para_topic">In <b class="uiTerm">Build to Sections</b> method, each section curve must be smooth (G1 continuous) with any adjoining curve.
      </p><pre class="indent">Section curves must be tangent to face.</pre><p class="para_topic">In <b class="uiTerm">Build to Sectiond</b> method, exactly one end point of each set of section curves must be tangent to the tangent face at the bend edge.
      </p><pre class="indent">Section curve is not on the bend edge.</pre><p class="para_topic">In <b class="uiTerm">Build to Sectiond</b> method, exactly one end point of each set of section curves must lie on the bend edge.
      </p><pre class="indent">Warning &ndash; Section out of range &ndash; not used.</pre><p class="para_topic">A section curve does not lie between the start and end points of the bend edge or spine.</p><pre class="indent">Warning &ndash; not extended to end.</pre><p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Extend End</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Extend Start</b> has failed. The flange will be built using the selected section curves only.
      </p><pre class="indent">Shaping face approximation could not be defined.</pre><p class="para_topic">In <b class="uiTerm">Build to Faces</b> method, the system approximates the shaping faces by intersecting them with section planes. This message displays if the intersections fail.
      </p><pre class="indent">Shaping faces do not define sides of general flange.</pre><p class="para_topic">In <b class="uiTerm">Build to Faces</b> method, the shaping faces must generate valid section curves across the entire bend edge or spine. This message indicates that the system could not generate section curves at the sides of the general flange. Try selecting larger shaping faces.
      </p><pre class="indent">No surface area to create to.</pre><p class="para_topic">In <b class="uiTerm">Build to Faces</b>, all of the section curves are too small. Make sure the bend/spine normal places can intersect the shaping faces.
      </p><pre class="indent">Shaping faces not tangent to target faces.</pre><p class="para_topic">&nbsp;In the<b class="uiTerm">Build to Faces</b> method, the shaping faces must be tangent to the target faces at the bend edge.
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Angle out of range for form block lines.
Angle out of range for mold lines.</pre><p class="para_topic">The requested reference lines could not be built because of an out of range bend angle. The general flange will be built without the reference lines.</p>
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