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      <p class="para_topic">In this task, you will use Trim Solid to modify the sparking head to correct the interference condition. </p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Design </b><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nxelectrode_design/index.html?goto=nxelectrode_design/nx_electrode_toolbar.html&amp;vars=-aux,-home','link','menubar=yes,status=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no,height=600,width=500,left=100,top=100');return(false);">toolbar</a>, choose <b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/electrode_design/trim_solid.gif" border="0">.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b> dialog box, choose <b class="uiTerm">Create Bounding Box</b>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b> dialog box, choose <b class="uiTerm">Existing Box</b>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b> dialog box:
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               <p class="para_action">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Select Face</b>.
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               <p class="para_action">Select <b class="uiTerm">Manual</b>.
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                  <p class="para_note_body"> To efficiently trim an existing box using the <b class="uiTerm">Manual </b>option, you first select and initial face, then choose <b class="uiTerm"> Faces inside/crossing Bounding Box </b> to select all of the faces that interact with the box automatically. The following instructions show you how.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b> dialog box, choose <b class="uiTerm"> Faces inside/crossing Bounding Box </b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/kda/MW_PDW_Electrode_shared/ico_d_trim_face_crossing.gif" border="0"></p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b> dialog box, click <b class="uiTerm">Preview</b>.
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The interference is corrected. The sparking head is now modeled correctly. You and use<b class="uiTerm"> Electrode Checking </b> to validate the design.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b> dialog box, click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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