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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Techniques for selecting geometry</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The way in which you set up the geometry in the operation navigator depends on the geometry of your part. Here are two examples of how you could set up the geometry.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">This example shows how you would set up the geometry for your part if you wanted to use several open boundaries. Place all these curves under the same blank. The blank only has to be defined once and is cascaded from group to group. The outcome of one set of operations is used as the input for the next (in-process workpiece).</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">GEOMETRY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">Geometry Setup with Multiple Open Boundaries</div>
      <p class="para_topic">The next example shows how to set up the geometry if you need to change the position of the workpiece (for example, relocating the workpiece onto a counterspindle). By placing the geometry under the second MCS Spindle group, you can redefine the location of the MCS. When you select BLANK_2, use the option From Workspace in the Select Blank dialog to adopt the in-process workpiece from the first workpiece group. This ensures associativity with the blank initially defined in that group. For more information on properly preparing the part geometry and boundaries see  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgturning/turn_geom_turnaround_part.html');return(false);">Programming a Turn-Around Part on a Single Spindle Lathe</a>.
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      <div class="title_figure">Geometry Setup for Part with Relocated MCS</div>
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