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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Mold Base Overview</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The Mold Base function provides configuration of mold bases for Mold Wizard projects and customization of mold base libraries.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Mold Base Requirements</div>
      <p class="para_division">The requirements for mold base size and configuration vary greatly for different types of projects. To satisfy the specialized requirements of various situations, the Mold Base function includes the following types of mold bases:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Standard mold base</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Each of these mold base types has different characteristics that make it suitable for some projects and not for others. The following descriptions help select the appropriate type of mold base.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Standard Mold Base</div>
      <p class="para_division">Standard mold bases are used when a standard catalog mold base is required. Standard mold bases are configured from a single dialog box.  The basic parameters such as mold length and width, plate thickness, and stand-off are easily edited from the Mold Base Management dialog box.  If your mold design is likely to require a non-standard configuration such as additional plates or repositioned components, the interchangeable mold base is more appropriate.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Interchangeable Mold Base</div>
      <p class="para_division">Interchangeable mold bases are used when non-standard design options are required. The interchangeable mold base provides a menu of 60 plate-stack configurations. subdialogs are provided for detailed configuration of each component and component set.</p>
      <p class="para_division">The interchangeable mold base is based on the dimensions of standard catalogs. However, it may be easily adjusted to non-standard dimensions.</p>
      <p class="para_division">If your project requires a configuration that cannot be accomplished with the interchangeable mold base, the universal mold base might be more appropriate.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Universal Mold Base</div>
      <p class="para_division">The universal mold base is a configurable stack of plain plates that can be arranged to make thousands of combinations. The universal mold base is used when the required mold base configuration is not included in the 60 interchangeable mold base options.</p>
      <div class="title_division">User Defined Mold Base</div>
      <p class="para_division">If your project requires a mold base that is so unique that it cannot be modeled with the standard, interchangeable or universal mold base, you need to develop your own user defined mold base.</p>
      <p class="para_division">If it is unlikely that you will design a similar mold in the future, use interactive NX Modeling to create this unique mold base.</p>
      <p class="para_division">If you have ongoing requirements for a mold base that you are going to model, you can add it to the Mold Wizard library for future use.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Mold Base Management</div>
      <p class="para_division">The Mold Base Management dialog contains the following toggles, options, and buttons.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Toggle/Option/Button</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Catalog</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The Catalog pull-down menu selects the mold base catalog to be used in the current mold base. The catalog choices are dependent upon the project units. If the project units are in inches, only inch unit mold bases are available, and the same applies to metric projects.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Type</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Most mold base catalogs offer mold bases in a variety of configurations, such as A-series, B-series, or 3-plate molds.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The bitmap region shows a picture of the mold base structure. The bitmap picture that is displayed is determined by the Catalog and Type selections.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Mold Base Index</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The mold base index is a scrollable window that lets you select the length and width of the mold base. The index values are generally displayed as the catalogs define them: width x length.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Edit Register File</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Selecting the Edit Register File button opens the mold base register spreadsheet file. The mold Base register file contains the information required by the mold base management system to configure the dialog and locate the library models, their controlling database spreadsheets, and the bitmap images.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Edit Data Base</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Selecting the Edit Data Base button opens the database spreadsheet file for the mold base currently displayed in the dialog box.  The database file contains the data required to define the dimensions and options for a particular mold base.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Rotate Mold Base</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The Rotate Mold Base button rotates the mold base 90 degrees on the Z-axis.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Layout Information</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The maximum layout dimensions of the cavities are shown in the Layout Information window.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Edit Component</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Selecting the Edit Component button opens a Edit Moldbase Components dialog to edit the components of interchangeable mold bases.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Expression List</p>
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               <p class="para_td">All parameters that are listed in the mold base database file are shown in the expression list window. You can modify mold base dimensions by editing these expressions in the expression edit field and pressing Enter. The mold base is updated to these dimensions when you choose OK or Apply.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Expression Edit</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This field is used to edit individual parameters from the expression list.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Option Data</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Option data, such as plate thickness, is displayed in these pull-down menus.</p>
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