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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Profile flange best practices</div>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The best use of the <b class="uiTerm">Profile Flange</b> is to allow you to define a <b class="uiTerm">Profile Sketch</b> that when extruded produces more than one flange. This means that the sketch would contain multiple arcs to define the bend radius and multiple lines to define the Webs. 
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      <p class="para_topic">Another reason to use <b class="uiTerm">Profile Flange</b> is if you want to attach additional Bends to the side of the profile. The thing to remember that when you use the <b class="uiTerm">Profile Flange</b> to produce your desired design there will be only one feature. The desired design can be produced using other <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal</b> features, but the resultant design will have multiple features.
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      <p class="para_topic">When you edit the profile flange using the <b class="uiTerm">Web Profile</b> option the following might have to be done before the edit can be performed.
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            <p class="para_item">There are constraints that are created for the <b class="uiTerm">Web Profile</b> sketch. Depending on what edit is being done you might need to remove these constraints.
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            <p class="para_item">Reference geometry exists that resides underneath the sketch geometry. You must make sure that you select the sketch geometry to edit and not the reference geometry.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Any changes to the web profile will not reflect in the section profile.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Changes to the section profile will update the web profile.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">You can only edit the <b class="uiTerm">Section Profile</b> sketch and <b class="uiTerm">Web Profile</b> sketch through the <b class="uiTerm">Profile Flange Edit</b> dialog box.
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            <p class="para_item">You can create a profile with sharp corners and automatic bends will add. You can specify the default radius through the <b class="uiTerm">Profile Flange Options</b> dialog box. You can also specify if the default radius value should be inner or outer radius.
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            <p class="para_item">If the start of the section profile is not normal to the first attachment face, then a default bend will be added to make it normal. In doing so an inset will also add.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">If you select the wrong edge for the bend edge there is no way to deselect the edge and select the proper edge. You must exit the <b class="uiTerm">Profile Flange</b> dialog box and start again.
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