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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Requirements for Valid Input In-process Workpiece</div>
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      <div class="title_division">Requirements for Valid Input In-process Workpiece</div><a name="pcmill_cav_blk_geom_ipw_valid_input_req"></a><ul>
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            <p class="para_item">The operation is inside a geometry group which has blank geometry defined. &nbsp;That is, it inherits blank geometry from a geometry group.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">All preceding operations in the program view that share the same blank geometry provider must have up-to-date tool paths.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">No Blank Geometry Error</div>
      <p class="para_division">To generate the tool path for operations with <b class="uiTerm">In-process Workpiece</b> option turned On, the software requires <b class="uiTerm">Blank</b> geometry to define the initial workpiece for the first operation in the geometry group sequence. If the blank isn't defined, NX gives you an error message.
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               <p class="para_td">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp;This will take you back to the previous step.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Define a valid blank geometry in the applicable geometry group.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This resolves the error in the generating process. </p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Invalid Tool Path</div>
      <p class="para_division">When generating the tool path for an operation with the <b class="uiTerm">In-process Workpiece</b> option turned On, if any of the previous operations has an invalid tool path, NX gives you an Invalid Tool Path Warning message. &nbsp;
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               <p class="para_td">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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               <p class="para_td">You return to the previous step and you can regenerate each of the previous operations with the invalid tool path in order to resolve this error in the generating process.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Click <b class="uiTerm">Cancel</b>.
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               <p class="para_td">The generating process continues, and the generated tool path and in-process workpiece are marked as valid. </p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">&nbsp;No Tool Path Error </div>
      <p class="para_division">When generating the tool path for an operation with the <b class="uiTerm">In-process Workpiece</b> option turned on, if any of the previous operations doesn't have a tool path, NX gives you a No Tool Path Error message.
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               <p class="para_td">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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               <p class="para_td">You return to the previous step.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Generate each of the previous operations with no tool path.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This resolves the error in the generating process. </p>
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