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      <p class="para_topic">Merge Distance enables you to eliminate small discontinuities or unwanted gaps in the tool path by connecting disjointed cutting motions. These discontinuities occur where the tool retracts from the Part surface and are sometimes caused by gaps between surfaces or by small variations in steepness of the part surface when the part surface steepness is very close to the specified Steep Angle. The value you enter determines the distance the tool will span to connect the end points of cutting moves.</p>
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