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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Rip an edge</div>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_sheet_metal/edge_rip_over.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">How To</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">To rip the edges on a part:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Edge Rip</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/edge_rip_ico.gif" border="0"></p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the edges you want to rip.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to complete the operation.
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      <p class="para_topic">To rip along a linear sketch:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Edge Rip</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/edge_rip_ico.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">Select an existing section or sketch one on the face of a part.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">When prompted for the <b class="uiTerm">Section</b>, select the line you sketched, as shown.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to rip along the line. 
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      <p class="para_topic">You can now treat the two parts of the flange as separate surfaces, for example by creating a bend along one section of the original flange.</p>
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