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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Interchangeable Mold Base Use</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The interchangeable mold base is designed to provide increased flexibility in design of non-standard mold bases. The TYPE pull-down menu provides 60 combinations of A-side and B-side plate-stack configurations.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The index option scrollable window (on the left side of the dialog box, below the image area) is used to select the mold base length and width dimensions. The component layouts are derived from the mold base manufacturers' standard catalog data. However, non-standard configurations are easily created through the Edit Component functions.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Since the purpose of the interchangeable mold base is to create non-standard mold bases, the BOM listing is for plain plates instead of plates including features such as guide-pins, screwholes. etc. If you determine that a standard plate can be used in your design, the BOM editing tool makes it easy to report the correct plate in the BOM.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">To configure and install an interchangeable mold base, select the desired configuration from the TYPE pull-down menu, and click Apply. After the mold base is installed, pick the Edit Component button to open the Edit Moldbase Components dialog box, which is used to edit the components and component sets.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">From the Edit Moldbase Components dialog you can select the individual mold plates and mold base components and edit them according to the available catalog types and sizes. Edits made to the components are reflected accordingly in the BOM.</p>
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