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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Feature Recognition Options</div>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/f_r_ov.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/f_r_proc.html');return(false);">How To </a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/fr_related.html');return(false);">Related Topics</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Feature Recognition </b>dialog box has the following tabs:
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/f_r_opt.html#recognition');return(false);">Feature Recognition</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/f_r_opt.html#builder');return(false);">Feature Builder</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pdw/f_r_opt.html#preference');return(false);">Preference </a></p>
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               <td colspan="2" rowspan="1"><a name="recognition"></a><p class="para_td">Feature Recognition page</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">The Feature Recognition page displays the feature list and a relational feature list, which provides buttons to specify Parent and Children relations. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Auto Recognition</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Analyzes a part and lists sheet metal features automatically.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Manual Recognition</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Analyzes a part and lists sheet metal features manually.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Feature List</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Lists the recognized features. Click <img align="bottom" src="graphics/down_arrow.gif" border="0"> to select a type of feature to filter for.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Relation</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Controls the <b class="uiTerm">Relational Feature List</b>. The list will display either the Parents or Children of the feature highlighted in the <b class="uiTerm">Feature List</b>.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Filter Faces</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Controls the filter and color of some faces of features the software does not easily recognize, such as general flange, gusset across bending area, and so on. Otherwise, these features may affect recognition.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Edit</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Edits a feature you select from the <b class="uiTerm">Feature List</b>.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Delete</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Deletes a feature you select from the <b class="uiTerm">Feature List</b>.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Combine</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Groups several of the same type of recognized features, for example, bends.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Check Result</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Identifies unrecognized faces, or upper side faces and lower side faces of a sheet metal part.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Clear All Features</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Deletes all features from the <b class="uiTerm">Feature List</b>.
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                  <p class="para_td">Feature Builder page</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Built Feature List</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Displays the built features.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Build All</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Builds all recognized features at one time.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Clear All</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Deletes all built features.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Build Selected</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Builds only the features you select.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Clear Selected</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Deletes only the features you select.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Build Branch</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Builds all children of selected features. </p>
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                              <p class="para_note_body">Use this option when the software fails to build a feature. You can interactively build it, then select it from the <b class="uiTerm">Feature List </b>and click <b class="uiTerm">Build Branch</b>. It will build the rest of the children features.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Link Selected Features</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Links sheet bodies of selected features from an unparameterized part to a new sheet metal part. </p>
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                              <p class="para_note_body">Use this option when the software fails to build a local free-form feature, such as an emboss or a bridge. It is easier to use linked sheets as a reference to interactively build the feature than measuring the parameters of a local free-form feature.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Unform Edge</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Unforms edges in the solid part so they can be recognized and displayed&nbsp;in the SMD part. </p>
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                              <p class="para_note_body">All edges should belong to the cylindrical face of a single bend.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Map User Built Feature</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Registers a feature that is manually added to the SMD part. If the feature has a prototype in the solid part, you must use this option.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Two Views</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"> Splits the graphics window into two views, one with the unparameterized part and one with the sheet metal part.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Change Displayed Part</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"> Switches between the unparameterized part and the sheet metal part. Select the <b class="uiTerm">Two Views</b> check box to see both in the graphics window.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Unform All</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Unforms a built sheet metal part.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Form All </b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Builds a sheet metal part.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Sets the rebuild method to your selected preference:</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Using <b class="uiTerm">SMD Features</b>.
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                        <p class="para_item">Using <b class="uiTerm">NXSM Features</b>.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Thickness Variable Ratio</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Sets the tolerance of the part thickness variation to the value you type in the box.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Minimum Bend Radius</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Sets the minimum bend radius to the value you type in the box. Bend features with a radius smaller radius that the one your specified will not be recognized.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">When Building All, Ignore Following Types of Feature:</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Omits the features you select from the build process.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('intro_to_nx/index.html?goto=intro_to_nx/uiu_dia_box_ops.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Common dialog box options</a> for common options not described here.
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