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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">There are several warnings that may generate while the flat pattern is created. &nbsp;These warnings appear in a message window:</p>
      <p class="para_topic">These messages can include:</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Potential mesh overlap</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Indicates that the mesher may be trying to mesh the same area twice, probably because of excessive surface distortion.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Excessive extrapolation</p>
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               <p class="para_td">When mapping curves, some point of a curve is not in or sufficiently near the mesh. You should inspect the mesh for proper coverage of the ply.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Excessive ply curvature</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Surface distortion may be too great. A finer mesh size may be called for.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Mesh point failure</p>
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               <p class="para_td">A problem is encountered in calculating some point of the mesh. You should visually inspect the mesh.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Angle less than lock angle</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Distortion of the ply is greater than specified lock angle allows at some point.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Quadrilateral collapse point failure</p>
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               <p class="para_td">May be caused by excessive distortion or by a calculation problem.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Unmeshed ply faces or m of n faces not meshed</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The mesh may not completely cover the ply. This may be normal if the stock is limiting how much of the ply is used. The mesher may also miss very small faces; however, their edges will still map.</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">There may be a few occurrences of these warning messages, especially on complex parts, without affecting the validity of the flat pattern.</p>
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