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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Sheet metal features overview</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Sheet Metal features supply sheet metal specific detail to your model. These features are parametrically defined just as normal Modeling features, however, sheet metal features are capable of exhibiting bending and distorting due to sheet metal forming.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Feature</b> toolbar includes sheet metal features, utilities, and operations.
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      <p class="para_topic">The following sheet metal features represent various types of flanges: </p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Flange</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Inset Flange</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Profile Flange</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Multibend Bracket</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">General Flange</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Bridge</b></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">You can apply these sheet metal features to other features: </p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Bead</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Punch</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Hole</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Slot</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Cutout</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Corner</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Relief</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Solid Punch</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Edge Rip</b></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">The following features support bending and forming operations:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Bend</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Unbend</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Rebend</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">MetaForm</b></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Form/Unform</b> operation changes the state of self&ndash;forming features.
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      <p class="para_topic">The following utilities perform specific <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal</b> functions, but are not features themselves: 
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Bracket</b></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Sheet metal features are associative &ndash; if you change the geometry used to create a sheet metal feature that feature updates.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Sheet metal feature toolbar</div>
      <p class="para_division">You can access all Sheet Metal features, utilities, and operations within the Modeling application via <b class="uiTerm">Modeling&rarr;Insert&rarr;Sheet Metal Feature</b> or from the <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Feature</b> toolbar. Note that the <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Feature</b> toolbar may be hidden when you enter Modeling the first time. Use <b class="uiTerm">View&rarr;Tool Bars&rarr;Customize</b> to enable the tool bar and to enable or disable specific functions within the tool bar.
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      <p class="para_division">Click on one of the Sheet Metal functions below for more information:</p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_flange.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_flng.html');return(false);">Flange</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_sheet_metal_corner.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_corner.html');return(false);">Corner</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_inset_flange.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_inset_flng.html');return(false);">Inset Flange</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_sheet_metal_relief.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/sm_relief.html');return(false);">Relief</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_profile_flange.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/profile_flng.html');return(false);">Profile Flange</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_sheet_metal_solid_punch.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/solid_punch.html');return(false);">Solid Punch</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_multibend_bracket.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_multibend_brack.html');return(false);">Multibend Bracket</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_edge_rip.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_edge_rip.html');return(false);">Edge Rip</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_general_flange.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_gen_flng.html');return(false);">General Flange</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_bend.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_bend.html');return(false);">Bend</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_sheet_metal_bridge.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_bridge.html');return(false);">Bridge</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_unbend_rebend.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/unbend.html');return(false);">Unbend/Rebend</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_bead.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_bead.html');return(false);">Bead</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_metaform.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_metaform.html');return(false);">MetaForm</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_sheet_metal_punch.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_punch.html');return(false);">Punch</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_form_unform.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_form_dia.html');return(false);">Form/Unform</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_sheet_metal_hole.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_hole.html');return(false);">Hole</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_sheet_metal_slot.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_slot.html');return(false);">Slot</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_sheet_metal_bracket.gif" border="0">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_bracket.html');return(false);">Bracket</a></p>
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