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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Turn - Tooling</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgturning/turn_tool_ext_lib.html');return(false);">Selecting a Tool from the Tool Library</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgturning/turn_tool_create_new.html');return(false);">Creating a New Tool</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgturning/turn_tool_def.html');return(false);">Turn Tool Definition</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">As in other NX/CAM applications, the turning processors use the tool's cutter information to calculate the tool path. If the tool contains multiple cutters, only the information about the active cutter being used by the operation is considered by the processor. The cutter's parameters are based on the orientation of the tool assembly mounted on a turret position of a machine tool.</p><a name="turning_turn_tool_ext"></a><div class="title_division"> Selecting a Tool</div>
      <p class="para_division">In Turning, you can either work with a tool from the database or you can create a new tool.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgturning/turn_tool_create_new.html');return(false);">Use the Create Tool icon to create a new tool at any point during a session.</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item">Use the Group Editing section of the Operation Dialog to edit, reselect another tool from the tool library, or display the current tool. </p>
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      <p class="para_division">The following turning tool types are supported (refer to  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgturning/turn_tool_def.html');return(false);">Turn Tool Definition</a>):
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      <p class="para_division">Based on the tool's origin, the system will either show the shape of the cutter using interactively specified parameterization or, if the tool is loaded from a database, display the entire tool assembly loaded from an external part file.</p>
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