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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_sheet_metal/bead_over.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">How To</p>
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            <p class="para_item"> Click <b class="uiTerm">Bead</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/bead_ico.gif" border="0"> .
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            <p class="para_item">Select the profile plane. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Create a profile for the <b class="uiTerm">Bead</b>. The profile can be open or closed. 
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            <p class="para_item">Multiple elements in the profile must be tangent continuous. You can also construct a single <b class="uiTerm">Bead</b> feature using multiple, separate profiles. Each profile must be a continuous set of tangent elements, but the profiles can cross each other. The radius of any arcs in the profile must be more than half the width of the bead itself.
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            <p class="para_item">Choose a bead cross-section type and specify dimensions for it. The icons in the dialog indicate how the dimensions are measured: </p>
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                  <p class="para_item">For <b class="uiTerm">Circular</b>: <b class="uiTerm">Depth</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Radius</b>. (<b class="uiTerm">Depth</b> must be less than <b class="uiTerm">Radius</b>.)
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                  <p class="para_item">For <b class="uiTerm">U-Shaped</b>: <b class="uiTerm">Depth</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Width</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Angle</b>.
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                  <p class="para_item">For<b class="uiTerm"> V-Shaped</b>: <b class="uiTerm">Depth</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Radius</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Angle</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Choose a treatment option for the ends of the bead:</p>
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                  <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Formed</b> (the default) 
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                  <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Lanced</b> 
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            <p class="para_item">Specify rounding options.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to complete the <b class="uiTerm">Bead</b> feature.
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