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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Generating Engineering Drawings</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">In this task you use <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Drafting</b> to create 2D drawings from the 3D electrode assembly. The <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Drafting</b> function allows you to use predefined templates to generate multi-view assembly drawings.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Design</b> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nxelectrode_design/index.html?goto=nxelectrode_design/nx_electrode_toolbar.html&amp;vars=-aux,-home','link','menubar=yes,status=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no,height=600,width=500,left=100,top=100');return(false);">toolbar</a>, choose <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Drawing</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/electrode_design/electrode_drawing.gif" border="0">.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Open the <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Navigator</b>, and select the assembly components that you want to use in the drawing output.
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      <p class="para_topic">You can also select the components in the graphics window. The component information is added to the <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Drafting</b> dialog.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Drafting</b> dialog box,  to build the <b class="uiTerm">Component List</b>, select the assembly parts that you want to see in the 2D drawing output.
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Excluded Components </b> list, use the arrow buttons to add or remove components.
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Optional Components</b> list, use the arrow buttons to add or remove components.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Use <b class="uiTerm">NX Drafting </b> to automatically add dimensions to the drawing.
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