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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Overview</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Sheet Metal Features and Forming/Flattening is a process specific application of NX, a Computer&ndash;Aided Design and Computer&ndash;Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system. The Sheet Metal Features and Forming/Flattening products are a solids&ndash;based application that focuses on design for manufacturability of sheet metal parts and the dies used to produce them. The functions of this application operate on existing NX geometry. Some of the functions deal specifically with sheet metal features (created in the sheet metal toolbar in Modeling) while other functions deal with ordinary NX solid bodies, sheet bodies, and curves.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Sheet Metal functionality exists in two parts of NX &ndash; the Sheet Metal features in theModeling application and the Sheet Metal Features and Forming/Flattening application.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The features in the Sheet Metal Features and Forming/Flattening package represent the legacy sheet metal system in NX. In NX 3, we introduced a new application for designing sheet metal parts called NX Sheet Metal. If you are looking for documentation on this application, please see the documentation for that application in the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nx_sheet_metal/index.html?goto=nx_sheet_metal/title_page.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">NX Sheet Metal Help</a>.
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      <div class="title_division">Structure of the help</div>
      <p class="para_division">This Help describes the functions used in the sheet metal specific manipulation of NX geometry. It covers the creation of sheet metal functions that operate on those features.</p>
      <p class="para_division">The following is a description of topics addressed in this Help system.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Introduction</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Describes the structure of the Help system.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smfea_features.html');return(false);">Sheet Metal Features</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Describes the creation of sheet metal features within Modeling.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Part in Process</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Describes part&ndash;forming capabilities.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Describes how to create flat patterns.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Flat Pattern Annotation</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Describes changing the display properties of flat patterns.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Woven Materials Flattening</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Describes flattening functionality for woven (composite) materials.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Preferences</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Describes the sheet metal <b class="uiTerm">Preferences</b> dialog boxes.
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               <p class="para_td">Describes how to set up and use <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal</b> standards.
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/build_multi_parts.html');return(false);">Appendix A: Building parts with multiple features</a></p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Other NX guides relevant to Sheet Metal Design</div>
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               <p class="para_td">This Help is meant to be a read&ndash;me&ndash;first introduction to NX.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This Help is a general introduction to NX. It explains common concepts and functions throughout all NX applications.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('modeling/index.html?goto=modeling/title_page.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Modeling Help</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">This Help describes the creation of features and geometry. All geometry used by the Sheet Metal Features and Forming/Flattening application creates in the Modeling application. In particular, there is a section on creating sheet metal features.</p>
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