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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Create and link a solid patch</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('moldwizard/solid_patch.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">How To</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('moldwizard/solid_patch_howto.html#solid_patch_solid_patch_howto_link_body');return(false);">Link a Solid Patch</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Solid Patch</b> dialog box, click <b class="uiTerm">Solid Patch</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Target Body</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_target_body.gif" border="0"> and select the product body. 
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Patch Solid</b>  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_tool_body.gif" border="0"> and select the patch body. &nbsp;You can select more than one patch body.
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            <p class="para_item">(Optional) Select one or more attributes from the Destination Component list.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b> to perform the patch.
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            <p class="para_item">(Optional) Click <b class="uiTerm">Info</b>  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_info.gif" border="0"> to show the latest patch information. 
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      <p class="para_division">If you do not choose a Destination Component at creation, you can link selected patch bodies later by choosing <b class="uiTerm">Link Body</b>. You can also change the Destination Components list by editing the <i class="fileName">mw_attribute.xls</i> spreadsheet.
      </p><a name="solid_patch_solid_patch_howto_link_body"></a><div class="title_division">Link a Solid Patch after its creation</div>
      <p class="para_division">You must have previously created a Solid Patch to link. &nbsp;</p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the Solid Patch dialog box, click <b class="uiTerm">Link Body</b>. 
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            <p class="para_item">Select one or more patch bodies from the patch body layer. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select one or more part attributes from the Destination Components list. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b> to create the links. 
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            <p class="para_item">(Optional) Click <b class="uiTerm">Info</b>  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_info.gif" border="0"> to show the latest patch information. 
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            <p class="para_item">&nbsp;A large tolerance on the tool body can cause small gaps after the unite operation. This may result in problems when you extract the regions later. Use <b class="uiTerm">Parting Check</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_parting_check.gif" border="0"> to confirm intersection after the Solid Patch operation.
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            <p class="para_item">In the <i class="fileName">{$MOLDWIZARD_DIR}/templates/</i> folder, open <i class="fileName">mw_attribute.xls</i>. 
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            <p class="para_item">On the <i class="fileName">Patch_Link_list</i> sheet, add or remove attribute names in the PART_ATTR_NAME column.
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