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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating Parting Surfaces</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">You will now create a sheet that is used together with the region features and patch sheets to trim cavity and core components.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Choose the <b class="uiTerm">Create/Edit Parting Surfaces</b> button. <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/wizards/parting_manager/create_edit_parting_surfaces.gif" border="0"> 
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      <p class="para_topic">The Create Parting Surfaces dialog box opens.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Verify that <b class="uiTerm">Surface Type</b> is set to <b class="uiTerm">Bounded Plane</b> to create a single parting surface.
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      <p class="para_topic">The system generates a parting surface and returns to the <b class="uiTerm">Parting Manager</b>.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">This is a very simple parting line so the Bounded Plane option is used. Every part has different parting requirements that require additional parting options. See the Online Help to learn more about the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('moldwizard/index.html?goto=moldwizard/part_manager_ov.html&amp;vars=-aux,-home','link','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Parting</a> functionality.
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