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      <p class="para_topic">The Tool section of the dialog box contains the following two buttons that enable you to select or create a tool for the current operation and display the selected tool for visual verification.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Select</div>
      <p class="para_division">Select displays the Tool/Manager Selection dialog box, allowing you to create, retrieve, and manage tools for the current operation.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Display presents a graphical representation of the tool. A 2D outline of the tool is displayed in the graphics window. The tool is displayed at the origin of the Work Coordinate System (WCS). You may only display one tool at a time.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Track Tool At</div>
      <p class="para_division">Track Tool At allows you to specify which point on the tool corresponds to the points output to the tool path.</p>
      <p class="para_division">This option toggles between RIGHT CORNER, LEFT CORNER, and CENTER. If the tool contains a radius at the specified tracking corner, then the output point is the center of that radius as illustrated below.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body"> NOTE: If you are Face Grooving, this option toggles between UPPER CORNER, LOWER CORNER, and CENTER.</p>
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