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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Define Processes</div>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/f_pp_ov.html');return(false);"> Overview</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item">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_item">Select the part from the <b class="uiTerm">Inserted Parts</b> list.
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            <p class="para_item">Select a design feature from graphics window or the <b class="uiTerm">Features in the Part</b> list. Use the Filter to narrow the list. 
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            <p class="para_item">Click either <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/f_pp_proc.html#load');return(false);">Load from Standard Library <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/wizards/feature_pre_process/load_from_standard_library.gif" border="0"></a> or <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/f_pp_proc.html#manual_define');return(false);">Define Manually <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/wizards/feature_pre_process/define_manually.gif" border="0"></a> to map&nbsp;the design features to a process, and follow the appropriate steps below. When appropriate, you can map multiple&nbsp;design features to a single process feature or map single design features to multiple process features.
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Process Selection</b> dialog box, select a process from the <b class="uiTerm">Process List</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">(Optional) After you select a process, you can define additional process parameters such as Feature Parameters, Sub-Processes, Operations, any User-Defined data, or an Expression.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Progressive Die Wizard provides 50 kinds of process and sub-process features; it builds definitions and rules for each process. If you try to map design features to the wrong process, the automatic checker rejects your definition.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">User Defined Process</b> dialog box, type a Process Name.
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            <p class="para_item">Enter an Operation Number.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select an Operation from the <b class="uiTerm">Operations</b> list.
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            <p class="para_item">Select the feature from the <b class="uiTerm">Features</b> list.
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