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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Bead tips and techniques</div>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">End Caps</div>
      <p class="para_division">End caps must fall completely on the selected set of placement faces. &nbsp;The end cap construction will fail otherwise. &nbsp;When possible, the Bead construction will complete without the end caps.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Some beads will follow their self&ndash;forming parents when they form and unform. Some of the limitations are as follows:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">U and V shaped beads will not form/unform when they fall in the bend area of a parent Flange.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">U shaped beads that use any <b class="uiTerm">Secondary Face Definition</b> (other than <b class="uiTerm">Height</b>) cannot form/unform.
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            <p class="para_item">Circular shaped beads that cross a bend face such that there is excessive distortion will not form/unform.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">If a bead fails to build due to some limitation, consider using the <b class="uiTerm">Solid Punch</b>.
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