Specifies the total length before features for the manufacturing object.
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The Before Features values display the length that must be cut off the object stock before it can be suitably cut at the ends. This is the length of the object before the end cuts remove material from the profile solid. The software uses the Before Features values to calculate the Material Take-Off (MTO) stock table.
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The lengths for each of the faces, as well as the total length, are all determined by the end-cuts themselves which internally define length points. This is illustrated with the red dot in the previous figure.
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The two length points that are farthest apart from each face define the Before Features length for that face. Likewise, the two length points of the whole object that are farthest from each other go to define the Before Features length of the whole object.