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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Normal Cutout</b>&nbsp;<img align="bottom" src="graphics/norm_cutout_ico.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item"> Define the profile plane.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Draw a profile, or select a section from an existing sketch. </p>
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                  <p class="para_item">A closed profile defines the cutout.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">An open profile displays a direction handle that is perpendicular to the open profile and co-planar with the sketch. Use this handle to specify which side of the profile to cut. The following figure shows the effects of reversing the direction handle.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">The curves of the open profile are extended tangentially until they intersect themselves to create a closed profile, or until they intersect the edge of the part.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click the type of cut you want to make: <b class="uiTerm">Thickness Cut</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Mid-Plane Cut</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Define the extent of the material you want to remove. If you click <b class="uiTerm">Value</b>, you can click <b class="uiTerm">Symmetric</b> to specify that you want to create a cut area symmetric in both directions from the sketch plane.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to create the <b class="uiTerm">Normal Cutout</b>.
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