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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Designing Blanks</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">In this task, you add blanks to the rib and slot electrode heads. Start with the rib electrodes.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif"> On the<b class="uiTerm"> Electrode Design </b> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nxelectrode_design/index.html?goto=nxelectrode_design/nx_electrode_toolbar.html&amp;vars=-aux,-home','link','menubar=yes,status=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no,height=600,width=500,left=100,top=100');return(false);">toolbar</a>, choose <b class="uiTerm">Blank Design</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/electrode_design/blank_design.gif" border="0">.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm"> Blank Design</b> dialog box, the following options should be active:
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               <p class="para_action"><b class="uiTerm">Create/Reposition Electrode Blank, Add Head(s)</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_d_select_blank.gif" border="0"></p>
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               <p class="para_action"> <b class="uiTerm">Select Head(s)</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_d_selectheads.gif" border="0"></p>
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               <p class="para_action"><img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/images/check_box_on.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Unite Head and Blank</b></p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">One at a time, select the top face of each of the rib electrode heads.
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Select the Top Faces of the Rib Electrode Heads</b></p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Blank Design </b>dialog box, choose <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Electrode Design</b> automatically generates a common blank for the three rib electrodes.
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Generated Blank</b></p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">In <b class="uiTerm">NX</b>, choose <b class="uiTerm">Edit&rarr;Object Display</b>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Object Display</b> dialog box, move the slider until you reach 75% transparency.
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      <p class="para_topic">The electrode and blank should look like this:</p>
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Rib Electrode Detail</b></p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Object Display</b> dialog box, reset the translucency value to <b class="uiTerm">0</b>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Hide the rib electrode and repeat the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nxelectrode_design/tutorial_design_blanks.html');return(false);">Designing Blanks</a> procedure to add a blank to the slot electrode.
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Slot Electrode Detail</b></p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">To continue, click the <b class="uiTerm">Next </b> button.
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