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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Entering a tool number in the operation turns off the inheritance of the number from the tool.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the Create Operation icon.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the Type, Subtype, Program, Use Geometry, Use Tool, Use Method, and Name that you want and Click OK. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the Operation dialog select the Machine button and the system displays the Machine Control dialog. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the Machine Control dialog, under Tool Change, select the Tool Number checkbox and enter a number in the Tool Number Field. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">OK the Machine Control dialog, and OK the Operation dialog. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the Operation Navigator the system displays the new operation in the Name column and the tool number in the Tool Number column. If your system doesn't display a Tool Number column go to  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/parent_tool_column.html');return(false);">Customizing The Tool Number Column</a>.
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