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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Piercing Association Design Overview</div>
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      <div class="title_division">Association Tab</div>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Update Position of Piercing Inserts</b>:  if there is any scrap position change, this button will become sensitive,  upon click this button, the related piercing inserts position will be automatically updated accordingly.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Add into List</b>: Add the selected scrap or piercing insert into Candidate Scraps list or Insert Groups list. .
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Remove from List</b>: Remove picked scrap or piercing insert from Candidate Scraps list or Insert Groups list. 
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Delete Selected Inserts</b>:  Delete any selected piercing inserts. 
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Link Automatically</b>: Automatically link the changed scrap with the related insert. 
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm"> Link Manually</b>:  Select a scrap in the <b class="uiTerm">Candidate Scraps</b> list, select an insert in the <b class="uiTerm">Insert Groups</b> list, and manually link them. The insert will be updated according to the shape of the linked scrap.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm"> Unlink Selected</b>:  Break the link between the selected scrap and insert
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Update Selected</b>:  Update the selected insert according to the linked scrap.
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            <p class="para_item">If the <b class="uiTerm">Update Position of Piercing Inserts</b> is active choose <b class="uiTerm">Update Selected</b> button to update the insert position. 
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            <p class="para_item">Select a changed scrap. If it is not in the <b class="uiTerm">Candidate Scraps</b> list, add it. Select an insert group. If it is not in <b class="uiTerm">Insert Groups</b> list, add it.
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Link Manually</b> to display the linked scrap and insert in the list. 
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Update Selected</b> to update the insert according to the link scrap. If it is a die insert, the cavity hole and slug hole will also be updated. 
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      <div class="title_division">Piercing Insert Association</div>
      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Piercing Insert Association</b> allows you to modify scraps in a strip without losing the association between the scraps and piercing inserts. When you modify a scrap, the associated inserts can be updated by rebuilding the linkage. Use <b class="uiTerm">Piercing Insert Association </b> to modify scraps without losing associations with the corresponding inserts. This feature allows you to maintain consistent  design changes throughout the process by associating parent parts with child parts.
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      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Piercing Insert Association</b> provides automatic design associativity that is captured during the die design process. Design changes are automatically propagated to associated geometry.  For example:
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            <p class="para_item">Associativity between strip simulation and inserts allows you to make changes to the strip that are automatically propagated to the inserts. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Associativity between scrap design and strip layout: allows you to make changes to the scrap design that are automatically propagated to the piercing inserts.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Where do I find it?</div>
      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Application&rarr;Progressive Die Wizard&rarr;Piercing Insert Design</b></p>
      <div class="title_division">Piercing Insert Association Scenario</div>
      <p class="para_division">When designing a progressive die, the strip design is a fundamental aspect of the design details to follow.  The design of the actual die is based on the details of the strip, and maintaining associativity between the strip and downstream insert groups allows you to make robust and rapid design changes.  For example, if you wanted make a design change to a parent component that will be propagated to the strip, you would typically do the following:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Use <b class="uiTerm">NX Assembly Navigator</b> to make the sheet metal component you want to modify the work part.
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            <p class="para_item">To clarify the working components, use <b class="uiTerm">NX Part Navigator</b> to hide any features that are unnecessary to the operation.
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            <p class="para_item">Start <b class="uiTerm">NX Modeling</b>, if you have not already done so.
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            <p class="para_item">On the <b class="uiTerm">NX Tools</b> toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">Simplify Body</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Select the faces you want to modify, and change them accordingly.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b>. 
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