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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Layout the blank</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">In order to layout the strip and design the scrap, the blank orientation must be defined. <b class="uiTerm">Blank Layout</b> is used to orient the blanks, set the pitch and width of the scrap strip, and determine the material utilization. For a detailed description of <b class="uiTerm">Blank Layout</b>, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('pdw/index.html?goto=pdw/bl_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);">Blank Layout Overview</a>.
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      <p class="para_topic">You will layout the unformed blank in this section of the tutorial.</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">Blank Layout</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/progressive_die_wizard/blank_layout.gif" border="0">.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Blank Layout</b> dialog box appears.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">In the <b class="uiTerm">Blank Layout</b> dialog box, click <b class="uiTerm">Insert Blank</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/wizards/blank_layout/insert_blank.gif" border="0">.
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      <p class="para_topic">Three blank components have been added to the <b class="uiTerm">Nest</b> sub-assembly. The initial orientation of the blanks is random so the first step is to set the rotation.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Select the <em>middle</em> (green) blank body in the graphics window.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Type the appropriate value (180 was entered in the example shown above) in the <b class="uiTerm">Rotate</b> box to achieve the blank orientation shown below:
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                  <p class="para_note_body">After keying in values in any of the blank layout boxes, pressing Enter will update the geometry in the graphics window.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Type <b class="literalText">100</b> in the <b class="uiTerm">Pitch</b> box and <b class="literalText">120</b> in the <b class="uiTerm">Width</b> box.
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      <p class="para_topic">The completed blank layout is shown below:</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> in the <b class="uiTerm">Blank Layout</b> dialog box.
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      <p class="para_topic">Clicking OK saves the layout and exits the dialog box.</p>
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