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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Create a Single Weld Point</div>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('weldassistant/weld_point_ov.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">You must be in the Modeling application.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">In this example, you want to create a single weld point at the edge where the left yellow and green faces meet.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Weld Point</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/weld_assistant/weld_point.gif" border="0"> in the <b class="uiTerm">Weld Assistant</b> toolbar (or choose <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Welding</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Weld Point</b>) to open the <b class="uiTerm">Weld Point</b> dialog box.
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            <p class="para_item">Set <b class="uiTerm">Type</b> to the type of spot weld that you want.
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            <p class="para_item">Set <b class="uiTerm">Method</b> to <b class="uiTerm">Single</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">If you are creating weld points on a single part, under <b class="uiTerm">Settings</b>, select the <b class="uiTerm">Connecting Only One Part</b> check box.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Connecting Only One Part</b> is near the bottom of the <b class="uiTerm">Weld Point</b> dialog box.
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            <p class="para_item">While <b class="uiTerm">Select Face</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/wizards/weld_point/select_face.gif" border="0"> is active, select one or more faces for the first face set.
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            <p class="para_item">In this example, because you are creating a single weld point between two faces, only one face needs to be selected for each face set.</p>
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            <div class="title_figure">Select the face for the first face set</div>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Add New Set</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/modeling/common/add_new_set.gif" border="0"> to add the first face set to <b class="uiTerm">List</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Repeat steps 5 and 6 until all the face sets that you want appear in the <b class="uiTerm">List</b> box in the <b class="uiTerm">Face Sets</b> group.
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            <div class="title_figure">Select the face for the second face set</div>
            <p class="para_item">If you want to delete a face set, select it in the <b class="uiTerm">List</b> box and click <b class="uiTerm">Remove</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/gateway/assembly_load_options/remove.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Guide Curves</b> group, <b class="uiTerm">Specify Point</b> becomes available after you add the second face set to <b class="uiTerm">List</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Specify your <b class="uiTerm">Reference Sheet</b> as one of the following:
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                  <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Overlap</b> &mdash; Uses the overlapping regions of all the face sets to create the reference sheet
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                  <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Top</b> &mdash; Uses the faces in the first face set
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                  <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">None</b> &mdash; Opens the point menu, allowing the weld point to be placed anywhere
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                        <p class="para_note_body">The <b class="uiTerm">Face Set</b> geometry selected when the <b class="uiTerm">Reference Sheet</b> is <b class="uiTerm">None</b> is used only to identify the connected parts information. You can select faces and curves.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Specify Point</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/modeling/common/point.gif" border="0"> and select points to locate welds.
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            <p class="para_item">In the example, notice the point being selected at the top left edge of the red face.</p>
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            <div class="title_figure">Specify a point to locate the single weld point</div>
            <p class="para_item">You can select points in the graphics window, or you can click <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('shared_func/index.html?goto=shared_func/com_ptcon_d.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Point Constructor</b></a> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/gateway/common/point_constructor.gif" border="0"> to open the <b class="uiTerm">Point</b> dialog box. See the <em>Common Tools Help</em> for more information.
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                        <p class="para_note_body">The reference sheet is generated when you click <b class="uiTerm">Specify Point</b>. Your selected face sets may generate more than one reference sheet.
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                        <p class="para_note_body">Reference sheets appear in <b class="uiTerm">List</b> in the <b class="uiTerm">Guide Curves</b> group.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Adjust Point</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/modeling/common/point.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">A preview of the weld point and its coordinates appear in the graphics window and in the <b class="uiTerm">List</b> box in the <b class="uiTerm">Weld Point</b> dialog box.
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            <div class="title_figure">Preview the single weld point</div>
            <p class="para_item">Also, the <b class="uiTerm">Display Weld CSYS</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Add Characteristics</b> options appear in the <b class="uiTerm">Visualize/Edit</b> group of the <b class="uiTerm">Weld Point</b> dialog box.
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            <p class="para_item">(Optional) You can modify the previewed weld point as desired by performing one or more of the following:</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Double-click the weld point's dynamic input box in the graphics window and enter new values</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Display Weld CSYS</b> and modify the weld point's CSYS
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                  <p class="para_item">Add attributes to the weld point by clicking <b class="uiTerm">Add Characteristics</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/wizards/weld_point/add_characteristics.gif" border="0"> to open the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('weldassistant/weld_characteristics.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Weld Characteristics</b></a> dialog box.
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b> to create the weld points.
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            <p class="para_item">In the example, notice the red x at the top left edge of the yellow part. (The big red arrow is pointing at it.) That is the weld point after its creation is complete.</p>
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            <div class="title_figure">Single weld point</div>
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