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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Force Calculation Overview</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Force Calculation lets you automatically or interactively calculate force for process features in the design. </p>
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      <p class="para_topic">The Force Calculation dialog initially displays all the process features in the design in its Unprocessed Name area.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Normal/Isolated</div>
      <p class="para_division">The Normal and Isolated options improve the performance of scrap force calculation during Automatic Calculation for selected scraps.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">If you set the option to Normal, the system will calculate the force using &nbsp;the regular method.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">If you set the option to Isolated, scraps not adjacent to other scraps or strip boundary edges will be calculated directly, without considering interactive or overlapping scrap boundaries. </p>
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      <div class="title_division">Automatic Calculation</div>
      <p class="para_division">Calculates all the selected features and moves their names to the Processed Name window. Select a feature in the Processed Name window to display its force calculations.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Interactive Calculation </div>
      <p class="para_division">Lets you select process features for a custom analysis using preferred formulas. A secondary Calculate by Formula dialog displays the variables set in the force calculation spreadsheet. </p>
      <div class="title_division">Remove </div>
      <p class="para_division">To remove an automatically calculated feature, select the feature and click the Remove button to return it to the Unprocessed Name column.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Calculate Total Force</div>
      <p class="para_division">To calculate the total force, click the Calculate Total Force button after performing automatic or interactive calculation.&nbsp;The force center is shown in the design window.&nbsp; </p>
      <div class="title_division">Edit Formulas </div>
      <p class="para_division">You can customize formulas used to calculate force. Click the Edit Formulas button to open the force calculation spreadsheet for editing in Excel.</p>
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