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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Map multiple features to a single process</div>
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Feature Recognition</b> automatically generates the model with NX Sheet Metal features. To match your process, several of the flange features are formed in a single Z-bend operation. The <b class="uiTerm">Feature Pre-Process</b> function allows you to map groups of features to a specific process, for example Z-bends and V-bends. For a detailed description of <b class="uiTerm">Feature Pre-Process</b>, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('pdw/index.html?goto=pdw/f_pp_ov.html&amp;vars=-aux,-home','link','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no,height=600,width=500');return(false);">Feature Pre-Process Overview</a></p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b> toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">Feature Pre-Process</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/progressive_die_wizard/feature_pre-process.gif" border="0">.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Feature Process Define</b> dialog box appears.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">In the <b class="uiTerm">Features in the Part</b> list, hold <b class="uiTerm">Ctrl</b> and select the <b class="uiTerm">FLANGE(2)</b> and <b class="uiTerm">FLANGE(6)</b> features.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Click <b class="uiTerm">Load From Standard Library</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/wizards/feature_pre_process/load_from_standard_library.gif" border="0">.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">In the <b class="uiTerm">Process List</b>, change <b class="uiTerm">AngleBridge</b> to <b class="uiTerm">Z_bend</b>.
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      <p class="para_topic">Now that a process has been selected, the remainder of the dialog box is activated. Additional process parameters can be defined such as sub-processes, K-factor, and spring-back.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to complete the process definition.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Processes in the Part</b> list displays the <b class="uiTerm">Z_Bend</b>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Click <b class="uiTerm">Cancel</b> in the <b class="uiTerm">Feature Process Define</b> dialog box.
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