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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/pdw_easyform_overview.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Selection Steps</b> 
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               <p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_unform_region.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Unform Region </b>prompts you to select a face or sheet body to unform. Select the whole sheet body for a complete unform, or select single or tangent faces for an intermediate unform.
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               <p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_target_region.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Target Region</b> is only valid for an intermediate unform. Select a face or faces for the unform region to be unformed to. 
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               <p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_boundry_conditions.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Boundary Conditions</b> displays the <b class="uiTerm">Constrain Type</b> group.
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                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_curve_to_curve.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Curve to Curve</b> maps the unform profile along curves you select. These curves should intersect the Unform and Target Regions. Use <b class="uiTerm">Curve to Curve</b> only when you perform an intermediate unform. 
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                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_point_to_point.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Point to Point</b> maps the Unform Region&rsquo;s curves according to a fixed point you select. 
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                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_curve_along_curve.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Curve along Curve</b> maps the Unform Region&rsquo;s curves along the curves you select. Use <b class="uiTerm">Curve along Curve</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Point to Point</b> only when you completely unform a sheet body.  
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               <p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_material.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Material</b> retrieves a list of available metal materials. Materials can be added, deleted or edited with the NX Generic Material Library. 
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               <p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_tip_direction.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Draw Direction</b> displays the <b class="uiTerm">Vector Method </b>list. Select the tip direction from the list, or have the software infer it.
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               <p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_options.gif" border="0"><br><b class="uiTerm">Thickness</b> 
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               <p class="para_td">Displays the <b class="uiTerm">Selected Side</b> group. Type a value for the thickness or accept the default value. 
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               <p class="para_td">Clicking one of the buttons below assigns the selected Unform or Target Region to that side.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_inside.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Inner Surface</b> sets the selected region to the inside of the part.
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                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_midface.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Middle Surface</b> sets the selected region to the neutral layer of the part.
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                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_outside.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Outer Surface</b> sets the selected region to the outside of the part.
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               <p class="para_td"> <b class="uiTerm">One-Step Unforming</b> generates the mesh automatically. Click <b class="uiTerm">Create Mesh</b> to display it for your analysis and calculation.
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