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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Create a drawn cutout</div>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Drawn Cutout</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/drawn_cutout_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">To create the drawn cutout profile, select an existing sketch, or create a new one. If you use an open profile, the open ends of the profile must intersect part edges. A closed profile can't touch any part edges. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">(For open profiles only) Double-click the side handle to select the side of the profile to move during the <b class="uiTerm">Drawn Cutout</b> operation. The following graphics show how the side handle direction affects the way the feature is created.
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            <p class="para_item">Set the depth of the drawn cutout.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Set wall, dimension, and rounding options, if any. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to finish the feature.
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