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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Choosing the Mold Base</div>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Choose the <b class="uiTerm">Mold Base</b> button.  <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/mold_wizard/mold_base.gif" border="0"></p>
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                     <p class="para_note_body">You may need to open the menu to find <b class="uiTerm">Mold Base</b>. <img align="bottom" src="graphics/intro/mold_base_pull_down.gif" border="0"></p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Depending on what Role is being used, the Mold Base button may be found under the Standard Parts button options pull-down.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Verify that the <b class="uiTerm">DME</b> catalog is selected.
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      <p class="para_topic">Index 3030 is selected based on the size of the work piece layout.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The A Plate and B Plate thickness is shown as AP_h and BP_h near the bottom of the dialog box with a value of 26 mm.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Activate the pull-down menu for <b class="uiTerm">AP_h</b> and choose <b class="uiTerm">56</b> from the available standard thicknesses to match the cavity thickness.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">With your attention directed toward the<b class="uiTerm"> Graphics Area </b>and the<b class="uiTerm"> Status line</b>, choose <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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      <p class="para_topic">Mold Wizard generates the components of the selected mold base. This process may take a few minutes.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Choose<b class="uiTerm"> File</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Save All</b>.
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                     <p class="para_warning_body"><em>Do not close the parts</em>. The same parts are used in the next activity.
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