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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Tape</div>
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      <div class="title_division">Overview</div>
      <p class="para_division">Using <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Welding</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Tape</b>, you can insert a tape and define criteria for the tape. You can create a tape to a specified set of faces and boundary curves.
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      <div class="title_division">Accessing</div>
      <p class="para_division">To access the <b class="uiTerm">Tape</b> dialog box in the insert mode:
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      <p class="para_division">In the Modeling application</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Welding</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Tape</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">OR</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click the <b class="uiTerm">Tape</b> icon <img align="bottom" src="graphics/icon_tape.gif" border="0"> on the <b class="uiTerm">Weld Assistant</b> toolbar. This brings up the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('shared_func/index.html?goto=shared_func/com_selct_tl_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">Class Selection</b> dialog box</a>. For more on the <b class="uiTerm">Class Selection</b> dialog box, see the <em>Common Tools Help</em>.
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            <p class="para_item">When you have completed making specifications, click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>. The <b class="uiTerm">Adhesive/Sealer Tape</b> dialog box opens.
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      <div class="title_division">Dialog Box Help</div>
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      <div class="title_figure">Adhesive/Sealer Tape Dialog Box</div>
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               <p class="para_th">Option</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Attribute</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top"><a name="asm_asm_tape_asmt_dlg_sel"></a><p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Object Selection</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Allows you to select geometry from two different sets of faces you want to connect with tape.</p>
               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">First Set</b>: Allows you to select faces, on the first body.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Second Set</b>: Allows you to select faces, on the second body.
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            <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top"><a name="asm_asm_tape_asmt_dlg_th"></a><p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Thickness</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you specify the tape thickness.</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top"><a name="asm_asm_tape_asmt_dlg_type"></a><p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Type</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Allows you to assign any of the following attributes to the tape:</p>
               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Adhesive</b></p>
               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Sealer</b></p>
               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Mastic</b></p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top"><a name="asm_asm_tape_asmt_dlg_spec"></a><p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Specification</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Allows you to assign the adhesive/sealer/mastic specification attribute to the tape.</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top"><a name="asm_asm_tape_asmt_dlg_asso"></a><p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Associative Output</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies whether the weld is associative or fixed. This option is always on (associative) by default.</p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Inserting</div>
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            <p class="para_item">In the Modeling application, click <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Welding</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Tape</b>.
            </p>
            <p class="para_item">OR</p>
            <p class="para_item">Click the <b class="uiTerm">Tape</b> icon <img align="bottom" src="graphics/icon_tape.gif" border="0"> on the <b class="uiTerm">Weld Assistant</b> toolbar. The <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('shared_func/index.html?goto=shared_func/com_selct_tl_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">Class Selection</b> dialog box</a> appears. In your graphics window, select closed planar boundary curves using the <b class="uiTerm">Class Selection</b> dialog box, and choose <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>. The <b class="uiTerm">Adhesive/Sealer Tape</b> dialog box appears.
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            <p class="para_item">Use the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('weldassistant/asm_tape.html#asm_asm_tape_asmt_dlg_sel');return(false);">object selection</a> toggles and select geometry in the graphics window.
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            <p class="para_item">Specify the tape <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('weldassistant/asm_tape.html#asm_asm_tape_asmt_dlg_th');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Thickness</b></a> and <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('weldassistant/asm_tape.html#asm_asm_tape_asmt_dlg_type');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Type</b></a>.
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            <p class="para_item">If required, turn <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('weldassistant/asm_tape.html#asm_asm_tape_asmt_dlg_asso');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Associative Output</b></a> off to create a nonassociative weld.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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      <p class="para_division">The tape weld is created.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Editing</div>
      <p class="para_division">In the <b class="uiTerm">Edit</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Feature</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Edit Parameters</b> dialog box, or in the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('modeling/index.html?goto=modeling/partnav_overview.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b></a>, select the tape weld to edit.
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      <div class="title_figure">Edit Tape Dialog Box</div>
      <p class="para_division">Using the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Tape</b> dialog box, you can:
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('weldassistant/asm_tape.html#asm_asm_tape_asmt_ed_par');return(false);">Edit Parameters</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('weldassistant/asm_tape.html#asm_asm_tape_asmt_ed_rep');return(false);">Replace Defining Curves</a></p>
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      </ul><a name="asm_asm_tape_asmt_ed_par"></a><div class="title_division">Edit Parameters</div>
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            <p class="para_item">On the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Tape</b> dialog box, choose <b class="uiTerm">Edit Parameters</b>. The <b class="uiTerm">Adhesive/Sealer Tape</b> dialog box appears.
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            <p class="para_item">Edit the parameters you want to modify.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">When the options are set correctly, choose <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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      </ol><a name="asm_asm_tape_asmt_ed_rep"></a><div class="title_division">Replace Boundary Curves</div>
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            <p class="para_item">On the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Tape</b> dialog box, choose <b class="uiTerm">Replace Defining Curves</b>. The <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('shared_func/index.html?goto=shared_func/com_selct_tl_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">Class Selection</b> dialog box</a> appears. For more details, see the <em>Common Tools Help</em>.
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            <p class="para_item">Select or deselect closed boundary curves.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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