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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">With Planar Profile, only a single pass is allowed. &nbsp;Each shape is treated as a separate region. This is important when the cut order is changed to level first or depth first. For example, if several islands are in a pocket, in regular planar milling, they are treated as a single region. If you cut depth first, they are cut together, from top to bottom, for that region. Then the next region is cut.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">To create a 3D single, use mill_contour, profile_3d</p>
      <p class="para_topic">To create a 2D single, use mill_planar, planar_profile</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Sequences for both are available with create geometry, die_sequences, that use the 2D IPW to clean out corners.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Both of these are very similar to planar milling with the cut method set to profile, and in many cases, they make an identical tool path. </p>
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