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      <div class="title_topic5" id="xps10_pagetitle">Rotary Axis Auto Clamping</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">This option allows you to set up your post to automatically clamp and unclamp the fourth axis and/or fifth axis for all motion events and Rotate UDE events. &nbsp;</p>
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            <p class="para_item">To activate auto clamping, program a UDE post command CLAMP/AUTO, ON. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">To turn off auto clamping, program a UDE post command CLAMP/AUTO, OFF. </p>
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      <p class="para_topic">By default auto clamping is set to OFF. The system outputs the following by:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">M10 to clamp the fourth axis. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">M11 to unclamp the fourth axis. &nbsp;</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">If you need different code(s) you can change the output. Under Program and Tool Path &rarr; Custom Command, select the custom command PB_CMD_clamp_fourth_axis, PB_CMD_unclamp_fourth_axis, PB_CMD_clamp_fifth_axis or PB_CMD_unclamp_fifth_axis. Change the output lines as required. </p>
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