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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating Electrode Blanks</div>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nxelectrode_design/nx_electrode_overview_blanks.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Create the Electrode Blank</div>
      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Electrode Design</b> provides an automated process for creating blanks (stock) and adding a blank to the electrode head.  You can specify the blank material, view and edit reference dimensions from the MSET CSYS, and specify how to attach the blank to the head. 
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            <p class="para_item">Open your <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Design</b> project. 
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            <p class="para_item">On the <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Design</b> toolbar, choose <b class="uiTerm">Blank Design </b><img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/electrode_design/blank_design.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">On the <b class="uiTerm">Blank Design</b> dialog box, choose the options that you want to apply to the blank, for example:
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                  <p class="para_item">The <b class="uiTerm">Blank</b> type, for example: block_blank.
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                  <p class="para_item">The construction <b class="uiTerm"> Material</b>, for example: copper.
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            <p class="para_item">Define the electrode orientation (the X, Y, Z angle).</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose one or more electrode heads for <b class="uiTerm">Blank Design</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">The blank is automatically generated. The electrode is created and the electrode position and orientation information are written to the electrode project as part attributes.</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Blank Created</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item">Using the options on the <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Design</b> dialog box, add or remove electrode heads from existing electrodes, if necessary.
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      <p class="para_division">In this procedure, you add an electrode holder from a holder library.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">On the<b class="uiTerm"> Blank Design</b> dialog box, choose <b class="uiTerm">Add Holder</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/holder_icon.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">The <b class="uiTerm">Blank Design</b> dialog box switches to the holder selection panel.
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            <p class="para_item">On the <b class="uiTerm">Blank Design</b> dialog box, select a holder from the list.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">The holder is automatically applied to the blank.</p>
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