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      <div class="title_topic1" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating Aerospace Sheet Metal features</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">This topic describes how to create the features that are specific to Aerospace Sheet Metal: <b class="uiTerm">Aerospace Flange</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Aerospace Joggle</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Unform</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Reform</b>. Instructions for how to use the other features found in Aerospace Sheet Metal toolbar can be found in the Help guides for <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('modeling/index.html?goto=modeling/title_page.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Modeling</a> and <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nx_sheet_metal/index.html?goto=nx_sheet_metal/title_page.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">NX Sheet Metal</a>. The following table shows the general usage of each feature and where to find its documentation.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Feature</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Usage</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Instruction Location</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Sketch</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Create planar profiles for <b class="uiTerm">Tabs</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Cutouts</b>.
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('sketcher/index.html?goto=sketcher/title_page.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Sketcher</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Tab</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Create the base web for a sheet metal part.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nx_sheet_metal/index.html?goto=nx_sheet_metal/title_page.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">NX Sheet Metal</a></p>
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                  <p align="left"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/flange.gif"></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Aerospace Flange</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Create non-linear flanges associated with mold line surfaces.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('aerospace_sheetmetal/aero_flange.html');return(false);">Aerospace Flange</a>.
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                  <p align="left"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/joggle.gif"></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Aerospace Joggle</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Modify flanges to joggle around other parts in the assembly.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('aerospace_sheetmetal/aero_joggle.html');return(false);">Aerospace Joggle</a>.
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                  <p align="left"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/lightcut_button.gif"></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Aerospace Lightening Cutout</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Allows you to quickly construct flanged cutouts on Aerospace Sheet Metal parts.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('aerospace_sheetmetal/aero_lightcut.html');return(false);">Aerospace Lightening Cutout</a>.
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                  <p align="left"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/unform_icon.gif"></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Aerospace Unform</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Flatten aerospace flanges.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('aerospace_sheetmetal/aero_unform.html');return(false);">Aerospace Unform</a>.
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                  <p align="left"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/reform_icon.gif"></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Aerospace Reform</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Refold aerospace flanges after shaping in the flat state.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('aerospace_sheetmetal/aero_reform.html');return(false);">Aerospace Reform</a>.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Flat Solid</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Produce a solid in the flattened state.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nx_sheet_metal/index.html?goto=nx_sheet_metal/title_page.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">NX Sheet Metal</a>.
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                  <p align="left"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/flat_pattern.gif"></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Flat Pattern</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Creates a solid or wireframe flat representation of a 3D sheet metal part.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nx_sheet_metal/index.html?goto=nx_sheet_metal/title_page.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">NX Sheet Metal</a>.
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                  <p align="left"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bead.gif"></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Bead</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Add a bead to the planar web.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nx_sheet_metal/index.html?goto=nx_sheet_metal/title_page.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">NX Sheet Metal</a>.
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                  <p align="left"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/normal_cut.gif"></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Normal Cutout</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Using a planar cutout, create a cutout that maintains consistent part thickness.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nx_sheet_metal/index.html?goto=nx_sheet_metal/title_page.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">NX Sheet Metal</a>.
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                  <p align="left"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/break_corner.gif"></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Break Corner</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Add blends and chamfers to corners.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nx_sheet_metal/index.html?goto=nx_sheet_metal/title_page.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">NX Sheet Metal</a>: 
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Relief</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Add standard types of corner reliefs to the part in the unformed state.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('sheetmetaldes/index.html?goto=sheetmetaldes/title_page.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Sheet Metal Features &amp; Forming/Flattening &ndash; Sheet Metal Features &ndash; Relief</a>.
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                  <p align="left"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/sm_cutout.gif"></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Cutout</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Using non&ndash;planar curves create a cutout that maintains consistent part thickness.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('sheetmetaldes/index.html?goto=sheetmetaldes/title_page.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Sheet Metal Features &amp; Forming/Flattening &ndash; Sheet Metal Features &ndash; Cutout</a>.
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Using feature dialog boxes</div>
      <p class="para_division">Aerospace Sheet Metal has a button for each sheet metal feature. Clicking the button for the feature brings up a dialog box that contains all the options and functions necessary to create the feature. As an example, the <b class="uiTerm">Aerospace Flange</b> dialog box allows you to do the following:
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            <p class="para_item">Select the type of flange you want to create (<b class="uiTerm">By Value</b> or <b class="uiTerm">By Reference</b>). Selecting the type of flange you want to create will change the number of selection steps that are required to define the feature.
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            <p class="para_item">Once the flange type is selected you will then step through the selection steps to fully define the flange parameters. You may change to any desired selection step at any time to change your selections.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">When the flange parameters are fully specified, the <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b> buttons will become active. You can build a flange with the <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b> button and then select new parameters for a different flange. The <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> button will build the flange and exit the dialog box.
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            <p class="para_item">The <b class="uiTerm">Cancel</b> button will let you terminate the dialog box without building the feature.
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      <div class="title_division">Using dynamic input boxes and drag handles</div>
      <p class="para_division">When you're creating a feature, you are sometimes presented with drag handles and dynamic input boxes. These functions appear on the graphics screen in the area of the feature you are creating. In the figure below, there are three drag handles labeled A, B, and C. Handles A and C are linear handles and can be changed by dragging the arrow heads in and out along the vector. Handle B is a radial handle and can be changed by dragging it around the radius of the arc path shown.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">When you pick the drag handle, the corresponding dynamic input box appears next to it. To change the value for the item:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"> Pick the handle and drag it in the direction that corresponds to the value you want, or</p>
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            <p class="para_item"> Click on the dynamic input box and type in a value.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">You can switch the direction of visible linear drag handles by double&ndash;clicking on the arrowhead for that drag handle.</p>
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