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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Sheet Metal Tools</div>
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b> provides sheet metal-specific tools as an option on the <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b> toolbar.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/f_r_ov.html');return(false);">Feature Recognition</a></b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use <b class="uiTerm">Feature Recognition</b> to create sheet metal parts from imported geometry. For more information, see <b class="uiTerm">Feature Recognition</b>. 
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               <p class="para_td">Use <b class="uiTerm">Direct Unfolding</b> to unfold and refold sheet metal parts to generate hide or intermediate stages. For more information, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/direct_unfold_overview.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Direct Unfolding </b></a>. 
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               <p class="para_td">Use <b class="uiTerm">One-Step Unforming</b> to quickly unform complex sheet metal geometry including undercuts and deep draws. You can unform the complete sheet body, or just unform intermediate faces to targeted faces based on boundary constraints
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               <p class="para_td">Use <b class="uiTerm">MetaForm</b> to reshape sheet metal features, while accounting for material characteristics. For more information, see <b class="uiTerm">MetaForm</b>. 
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