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      <div class="title_topic6" id="xps10_pagetitle">Contour Profile Cutting Parameters</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cont_var_axix_prof.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cont_profile-create.html');return(false);">How To</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cont_prof_param.html');return(false);">Options</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/09topic_73.html');return(false);">Geometry</a></p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Strategy </div>
      <p class="para_division">Cut Direction</p>
      <p class="para_division">Choose between <b class="uiTerm">Climb</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Conventional</b>. The software calculates the cut direction based on the material side and the tool spindle direction.
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      <div class="title_division">Multiple Passes</div>
      <p class="para_division">With this cutting option, you can make multiple passes on the wall and/or the floor. Options include:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Wall Stock Offset</b> defines the total offset that should be applied to either the floor or the wall.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Step Method</b> can be either <b class="uiTerm">Incremental</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Number of Passes</b>. The <b class="uiTerm">Incremental</b> value is added cumulatively until the Wall/Floor Stock is reached. For <b class="uiTerm">Number of Passes</b>, the Wall/Floor distance is equally divided by the number of passes. 
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Order</b> lets you select either <b class="uiTerm">Floor First</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Wall First</b> when both wall and floor passes are requested.
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            <p class="para_item">Multiple passes for no-floor cases are also supported when there is an auxiliary floor. The software offsets the auxiliary floor to generate the requested passes.</p>
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                        <p class="para_note_body">Multiple passes aren't available for no-floor cases without an auxiliary floor (that is,<b class="uiTerm">Follow Wall Bottom</b>).
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      <div class="title_division">About Multiple Passes</div>
      <div class="title_division">Multiple Passes On the Floor</div>
      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Multiple Passes</b> functionality is limited. Too many floor passes when the Walls are trimmed could cause undesirable results.
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      <div class="title_division">Multiple Passes &mdash; Holes and Cutouts</div>
      <p class="para_division">During the generation of multiple passes, the software ignores holes when they lie on a single face of a wall.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">If there are closed cutouts between the wall and the floor, the software skips the section where the portion of the floor and the wall is not defined. Define non cutting moves to transition the cutter.If there are open cutouts in the wall, the software only generates multiple passes up to the lowest open cutout.</p>
      <p class="para_division">See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cont_prof_geom_floor.html#mfgmill_cont_prof-floor_cutouts');return(false);">Cut Outs in Part Floor</a> for more information on cutouts. 
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      <div class="title_division">Stock Options</div>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Wall Stock</b> is the amount of material remaining on the walls of the part at the end of a Contour Profiling operation. This material is generally removed in a subsequent finishing operation.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Floor Stock</b> is the amount of material remaining on the floor of the part at the end of a Contour Profiling operation.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Check Stock</b> lets you describe an envelope of material, surrounding the <b class="uiTerm">Check Geometry</b>, which the tool will not gouge. The stock specified here only applies to those check entities that have the <b class="uiTerm">Default Stock </b>option. Don't specify a negative <b class="uiTerm">Check Stock</b> value greater than the tool corner radius.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Part Intol</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Part Outol</b></p>
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      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Part Intol</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Part Outol</b> define an allowable range within which the tool may deviate from the actual Part Geometry. The smaller the values, the more accurate the cuts are. Smaller Intol and Outol values allow less deviation from the surfaces and produce smoother contours, but require more processing time because they produce more cut steps. Don't specify zero for both values.
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      <p class="para_division">Use <b class="uiTerm">Part Intol</b> to specify the maximum amount by which the tool may penetrate through the surface.
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      <p class="para_division">Use <b class="uiTerm">Part Outol</b> to specify the maximum amount by which the tool may avoid contacting the surface.
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      <div class="title_division">Containment</div>
      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Collision Avoidance</b> option checks for possible collisions with:
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            <p class="para_item">The tool holder (the region of the cutter above the shank) </p>
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      <p class="para_division">and/or with </p>
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            <p class="para_item">The in-process workpiece during path generation</p>
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      <p class="para_division">If the software finds either of these options, it stops cutting, and executes the corresponding Non-Cutting moves previously defined. If there are other sections on the wall without collisions, then the cutting process continues.</p>
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