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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Lightening Cutout options</div>
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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);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('aerospace_sheetmetal/lightcut_howto.html');return(false);">How To</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Type</p>
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                  <p align="left"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/lightcut_2.gif"></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">By Section</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">You either select and existing sketch, or select a placement face, at which time the system drops you into the sketcher to define the outline of the cutout.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Hole</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">The system asks for a placement face and center point and you define the diameter of the circular cutout region.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Section (when Type is set to By Section)</p><br><p class="para_td">Center Location (when Type is set to Hole)</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Select Curve</b></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Section</b> group
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you select an existing section of define one inside the Sketcher by selecting a placement face upon which the sketch will be built.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">This is the first step for the <b class="uiTerm">By Section</b> type of cutout.
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                  <p class="para_td">Section (when Type is set to By Section)</p><br><p class="para_td">Center Location (when Type is set to Hole)</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Select Planar Face</b></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Center Location</b>group
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you select the planar face to which the hole will be applied.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Specify Point</b></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Center Location</b>group
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                  <p class="para_td">Lets you create a center point to define the center of the circular cutout.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Cutout Properties</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Diameter</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Appears only when <b class="uiTerm">Type</b> is set to <b class="uiTerm">Hole</b>.
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                  <p class="para_td">Sets the diameter of the circular cutout.</p>
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                              <p class="para_note_body">This diameter defines the size of the cut, and the flanged region is then added to the inside of this cut hole.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Length</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Sets the length value defines the length of the flanged region. This distance is measured from the relative intersection of the flange to the end of the web. This is similar to an <b class="uiTerm">Outside Length</b> measurement on an <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 <b class="uiTerm">Flange</b></a> feature.
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                  <div class="title_figure">A sample length measurement</div>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Angle</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Sets the angle value is the angle of draft for the flanged region. It is measured as the angle of bending down from the flat.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Reverse Direction</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Reverses the direction of the flanged region.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Rounding</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Die Radius</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Sets the die radius to the inside of the bend on the flanged region.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Corner Radius</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Appears only when <b class="uiTerm">Type</b> is set to <b class="uiTerm">By Section</b>.
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                  <p class="para_td">The corner radius is used to round off sharp edges of the sketch profile in a <b class="uiTerm">By Section</b> type of lightening cutout.
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                  <p class="para_td">Appears only when a material is selected from the material standards file and the selected material points to a table containing <b class="uiTerm">Lightening Cutout</b> properties.
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                  <p class="para_td">the lightening cutout standard table defines a list of standards and the parameter values corresponding to each standard.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">The following example shows a sample standard table.</p>
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                              <p class="para_td">Display Name</p>
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                              <p class="para_td">Diameter</p>
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                              <p class="para_td">Length</p>
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                              <p class="para_td">Clearance</p>
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                              <p class="para_td">STD_DIA-35</p>
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                              <p class="para_td">35</p>
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                              <p class="para_td">45</p>
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                              <p class="para_td">STD_DIA-55</p>
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                              <p class="para_td">55</p>
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                              <p class="para_td">6</p>
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                              <p class="para_td">6.5</p>
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                  </table><br><p class="para_td">The Display Name will be the name shown on the dialog box and the values in the other columns define the corresponding parameter values for each standard. If a standard is selected and it controls a parameter, that parameter cannot be edited from the dialog box. In the table show above, if a standard is selected, the diameter, length, clearance and angle will be defined using the values from the table and you cannot edit them.</p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Unforming a Lightening Cutout feature</div>
      <p class="para_division">You can use the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('aerospace_sheetmetal/aero_unform.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Unform</b></a> command to unform a <b class="uiTerm">Lightening Cutout</b> feature. Select the base planar face of the <b class="uiTerm">Lightening Cutout</b> as the stationary face and select the bend region of the <b class="uiTerm">Lightening Cutout</b> as the bend to unform.
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      <p class="para_division">You can also unform a <b class="uiTerm">Lightening Cutout</b> feature using the <b class="uiTerm">Flat Solid</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Flat Pattern</b> commands.
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