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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Supplemental Case Studies</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">These case studies are designed to let you experience a variety of way to create sparking heads using the powerful solid modeling tools provided by <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Design</b>. The tutorial tasks are described and visualized in the following table. If you want to know more, to access direct links to the individual tasks, click <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nxelectrode_design/tutorial_supplement.html#direct_link_portal');return(false);">here</a>.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Create Box</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Create and edit a simple box.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Create Box</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Create a simple box and modify the angle relative to the workpiece</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Create Box</b></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Create a sparking head by using <b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid </b>to trim an existing box.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Reference Blend</b></p>
                  <p class="para_td"> <b class="uiTerm">Extend Solid</b> 
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Electrode Checking</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Create and validate a sparking head using multiple <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Design </b>commands.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b></p>
                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Extend Solid</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Create a sparking head by trimming and extending a solid.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Take a detailed look at how the <b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid&rarr;Subtract</b> option works.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">This case study illustrates the <b class="uiTerm">surface extension</b> that occurs within the <b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Trim</b> option. 
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b> 
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Extrude</b> 
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Trim Body</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Use helper geometry for complex trimming operations.  </p>
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                              <p class="para_note_body">The<b class="uiTerm"> Extrude</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Trim Body </b> commands require an <b class="uiTerm">NX Modeling</b> license.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Extend Solid</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Use of <b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Extend Solid</b> on a complex workpiece.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Extrude</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Use helper geometry to leverage and trim sparking heads to specific geometric targets</p>
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      </table><br><a name="direct_link_portal"></a><div class="title_division">Direct Links to Case Studies</div><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="tutorial_casestudy_1.html">Case Study 1. Create and Edit a Box</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="tutorial_casestudy_2.html">Case Study 2. Create a Box With a Modified Z-vector</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="tutorial_casestudy_3.html">Case Study 3. Create a Box, Trim with Trim Solid</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="tutorial_casestudy_4.html">Case Study 4. Use Electrode Design Tools</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="tutorial_casestudy_5b.html">Case Study 5. Use Trim Solid with the Subtract Option</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="tutorial_casestudy_6.html">Case Study 6. Use Helper Geometry to Trim the Sparking Head</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="tutorial_casestudy_7.html">Case Study 7. Trim and extend a solid</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="tutorial_casestudy_8.html">Case Study 8. Using the Trim Options</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="tutorial_casestudy_9.html">Case Study 9. Trim the faces of a solid</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="tutorial_casestudy_10.html">Case Study 10. Use Helper Geometry to Trim a Solid</a><br></body>
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