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To Merge Steps Automatically
Do one of the following:
Click on the toolbar. The Mfg Template AE extraction dialog box opens. Click the Options tabbed page. Click the Apply AutoMerge check box and click Extract. The extracted steps that are consecutive, have the same manufacturing criteria name, use the same Mfg template and tool, and have the same orientation are merged together.
In a Process view, select the holemaking step for which you want to create the merge group and click Tools > Automatic Merge. All the steps that are consecutive, have the same manufacturing criteria name, use the same Mfg template and tool, and have the same orientation as that of the selected step are merged together.