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      <div class="title_topic1" id="xps10_pagetitle">Starting PDW</div>
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      <div class="title_division">Adding the Start Button</div>
      <p class="para_division">Before you can start <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b> for the first time, you must activate the <b class="uiTerm">NX Start</b> button.
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      <p class="para_division">To activate the <b class="uiTerm">Start</b> button, on the <b class="uiTerm">NX</b> main menu, do the following:
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            <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Toolbar Options</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Add or Remove Buttons</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Standard</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">On the button list, select <b class="uiTerm">Start</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/start_button.gif" border="0">.
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      <p class="para_division">The<b class="uiTerm"> Start</b> button will appear on the far left of the <b class="uiTerm">NX </b>menu.
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      <div class="title_division">To Start Progressive Die Wizard</div>
      <p class="para_division">When the <b class="uiTerm">Start </b>button is visible on the menu, to start <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b>, do the following:
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      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Start&rarr;All Applications&rarr;Progressive Die Wizard</b></p>
      <p class="para_division">For example:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">On the <b class="uiTerm">NX</b> menu, select<b class="uiTerm"> Start</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/start_button.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">All Applications</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b>.
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      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b> toolbar will appear.
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      <div class="title_division">Progressive Die Wizard Toolbar</div>
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      <div class="title_figure">Progressive Die Wizard Toolbar</div>
      <p class="para_division">The Progressive Die Wizard provides&nbsp;a suite of functions that let you design progressive dies quickly and efficiently.</p>
      <p class="para_division">The PDW functions are arranged horizontally in the toolbar in sequential order that support a suggested process. You begin each PDW session with Project Initialization. As the project continues, you proceed through the subsequent functions. Read the descriptions of the PDW buttons to see how the functions are organized.</p>
      <p class="para_division">PDW tools include the following:</p>
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            <col align="left" span="1" valign="top" width="350">
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               <p class="para_th">Icon</p>
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            <th colspan="1" rowspan="1">
               <p class="para_th">Menu Label</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_project_initialization.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm"> Initialize Project</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Project Initialization</b> tool lets you select a part, specify project name and path, select material, and create a <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die</b> project.
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            <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_feature_pre-process.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Feature Pre-Process</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Feature Pre-Process</b> tool lets you define process for <b class="uiTerm">NX</b> features.
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_blank_generator.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Blank Generator</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Blank Generator</b> tool lets you create blanks in your project once you've completed project initialization.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Blank Layout</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Blank Layout</b> tool lets you set the flat pattern orientation, the pitch, and the strip width.
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_scrap_design.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Scrap Design</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Scrap Design</b> tool lets you determine scrap profiles, split the strip layout, create scrap features, and define overlap and over-cut.
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_strip_layout.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Strip Layout</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Strip Layout</b> tool lets you generate the strip layout boundary, &nbsp;retrieve design information to generate process features, and do Process Planning for <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die</b> design.
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_force_calculation.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Force Calculation</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Force Calculation</b> tool lets you calculate force for each process feature, calculate total force, and display the force center.
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_standard_part.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Standard Parts</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Standard Part</b>s tool lets you add to the die base from a library of standard or custom parts and group sets.
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_die_base.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Die Base</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Under <b class="uiTerm">Standard Parts</b>, the <b class="uiTerm">Die Base</b> tool lets you load a die base from a catalog, then split the die plate.
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_die_design_setting.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Die Design Setting</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Die Design Setting</b> tool lets you define and adjust die design settings and defaults.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Piercing Insert Design </b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Piercing Insert Design </b>tool provides you with three functions:
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                     <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Piercing Insert Array Design</b> allows you to create, edit, or delete an array of duplicate components. 
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                     <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Piercing Association Design</b> allows you to modify scraps in a strip without losing the linkage between the scraps and piercing inserts.
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                     <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Fine Blanking</b> allows you to create highly accurate blanks be formed by another die (usually the first station in a progressive die) in subsequent die operations. 
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Insert Group</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Insert Group</b> tool lets you build industry-standard &nbsp;tools within the die base design for each process feature.
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            <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Standard Part</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Standard Part</b> tool lets you add to the die base from a library of standard or custom parts and group sets.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Relief Design</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Relief Design</b> tool lets you select the forming feature and relief type to create user-defined and automatic relief pockets.
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_pocket_design.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Pocket Design</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Pocket Design</b> tool lets you select one of five methods to create pockets.
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            <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_bom.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">BOM</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">BOM</b> tool lets you create and export a bill of materials to a spreadsheet (.xls) file.
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            <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_assembly_drawing.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Assembly Drawing</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Drawing</b> tools lets you create and name a drawing sheet for the die assembly. The <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Drawing</b> menu lets you access the <b class="uiTerm">Component Drawing</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Hole Report</b> functions.
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            <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_component_drawing.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Component Drawing</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Component Drawing</b> tool lets you create and name a drawing sheet for any component of the die set. <b class="uiTerm">Component Drawing</b> a component of the <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Drawing</b>tool.
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_hole_report.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Hole Report</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Hole Report</b> tool lets you create a circular hole information table for a die plate.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">View Manager</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">View Manager</b> tool lets you change the color and visibility of components, and show tools in 3 positions. 
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">PDW Tools</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">PDW Tools</b> lets you access the <b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Tools</b> toolbar. For more information, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/pdw_tools_toolbar.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Tools</b></a>.
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_sheetmetal_tools.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Tools</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Tools</b> lets you access the <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Tools</b> toolbar, including <b class="uiTerm">Feature Recognition </b><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_feature_recognition.gif" border="0">, <b class="uiTerm">Direct Unfolding</b><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_direct_unfolding.gif" border="0"> , and<b class="uiTerm"> MetaForm</b><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_metaform.gif" border="0">. Fore more information, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/sheet_metal_tools.html');return(false);">Sheet Metal Tools</a>.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">NX Tools</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">NX Tools</b> lets you access the <b class="uiTerm">NX Tools</b> toolbar. The <b class="uiTerm">NX Tools</b> toolbar is populated with a collection of often-used <b class="uiTerm">NX tools</b>. You can drag and drop additional tools onto this toolbar or remove tools to create your own tool collection. For more information, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/ug_tools.html');return(false);">NX Tools</a>.
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