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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('fabricflat/introduction.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('fabricflat/procedure.html');return(false);">How To</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Fabric Flat Pattern</b> is available through the <b class="uiTerm">Composites</b> option under the <b class="uiTerm">Tools</b> menu in the Modeling application.
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      <p class="para_topic">This dialog box includes two main groups:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Selection of the geometry (points, vectors, curves, and faces); and </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Input material properties.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Flat pattern name, layer and solver</div>
      <p class="para_division">You can input a name for the flat pattern and the layer for the flat pattern.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Default: FABRIC_FLAT_PATTERN_1 for name. Layer: work layer</p>
      <p class="para_division">You can choose the solver from the <b class="uiTerm">Solver</b> list box in the <b class="uiTerm">Option</b> menu: <b class="uiTerm">Woven</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Unidirectional</b>.
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      <p class="para_division">Default: <b class="uiTerm">Woven</b>.
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      <div class="title_division">Selection modes</div>
      <p class="para_division">There are two modes in selections: <b class="uiTerm">Ply Selection</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Stock Selection</b>. The selection steps are identical for <b class="uiTerm">Woven</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Unidirectional Solvers</b>. The above figure shows the <b class="uiTerm">Ply Selection</b> for the <b class="uiTerm">Woven Solver</b>.
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               <p class="para_th">Selection</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('fabricflat/ply_select.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Ply Selections</b></a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Ply Selections</b> have six steps:
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                     <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Ply Faces</b>.
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                     <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Start Point</b>.
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                     <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Primary Orientation</b>.
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                     <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Secondary Orientation</b>.
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                     <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Additional Curves</b>.
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                     <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Cut Curves</b>.
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('fabricflat/stock_select.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Stock Selections</b></a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Stock Selections</b> has five steps:
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                     <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Stock Face</b>.
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                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Start Point</b>.
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                     <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Primary Orientation</b>.
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                     <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Secondary Orientation</b>.
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                     <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Additional Curves</b>.
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