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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating a Lightening Cutout</div>
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            <p class="para_item">On the Aerospace Sheet Metal toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">Lightening Cutout</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/lightcut_button.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Aerospace Lightening Cutout</b> dialog box, select a cutout type from the <b class="uiTerm">Type</b> list:
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                  <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">By Section</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/lightcut_2.gif" border="0"> to define the outline of the cutout using a sketch (see step 3);
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                  <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Hole</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/lightcut_3.gif" border="0"> to create a simple circular cutout (see step 4).
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            <p class="para_item">Define the cutout <b class="uiTerm">By Section</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Select the section for the feature or a placement face for a sketch.</p>
            <p class="para_item">You enter the Sketcher if you select a placement face. Complete your sketch and click <b class="uiTerm">Finish Sketch</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Create a circular <b class="uiTerm">Hole</b> cutout.
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            <p class="para_item">Select the <b class="uiTerm">Placement Face</b> for the circular cutout.
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            <p class="para_item">Use <b class="uiTerm">Specify Point</b> to select or create the center point for the circular cutout.
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            <p class="para_item">Define feature parameters.</p>
            <p class="para_item">To define the length of the flanged region and angle of draft, either drag the on-screen handles for those values or enter new values for these parameters in the dialog box.</p>
            <p class="para_item">In case of the <b class="uiTerm">Hole</b> type cutout, you must also enter the parameter for the diameter of the hole.
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            <p class="para_item">Set <b class="uiTerm">Rounding Options</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">For both types, enter the value for the die radius.</p>
            <p class="para_item">When creating a <b class="uiTerm">By Section</b> type cutout, enter the radius for rounding sharp edges off of the sketch profile.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to finish the feature.
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