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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/pip_ov.html');return(false);">Part in Process Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/pip_process.html');return(false);">How To</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">When you right click on a group, you will see the <b class="uiTerm">Group</b> menu. You can use this menu to unform the entire group, to form the entire group, to execute the entire group, to add a new group or feature, or to delete a group.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Unform Group</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Unforming a group means unforming all of the features that you added to the group.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Form Group</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Forming a group means forming all of the features added to the group.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Execute Group</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Executing a group means setting all of the features in the model to the states defined for that feature in each feature node within the group. If the <b class="uiTerm">Sequential Processing</b> flag is on in the <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal General Preferences</b> dialog box, the current group and everything above it in the tree list will be formed. If the <b class="uiTerm">Preference</b> flag is set to off, then only the selected item will form. 
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Add Group</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Adding a group means adding a new group node on the tree list. You can use this group to contain new feature nodes.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Add Feature(s)</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Adding a feature means defining a state for a given sheet metal feature in the model and then adding a feature node into the tree list under the current group. &nbsp;You must select the sheet metal feature(s) in the graphics window before you select <b class="uiTerm">Add Feature</b>.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Delete Group</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Deleting a group deletes all of the feature nodes under the group as well as the group itself.</p>
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