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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Turn - Threading</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgturning/turn_rough.html');return(false);">Roughing</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The Threading operation allows you to cut both straight and tapered threads. They may be single or multiple threads which are either internal, external, or face threads (such as the thread advance used in a 3-jaw chuck).</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">Thread Features where</div>
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               <p class="para_td">A</p>
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               <p class="para_td">B</p>
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               <p class="para_td">C</p>
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               <p class="para_td">D</p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Accessing the Threading Dialog</div>
      <p class="para_division">To access the Threading Dialog:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">push the Create Operation Icon  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_create_operation.gif" border="0"> or
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            <p class="para_item">select Insert &rarr; Operation from the main menu bar or</p>
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            <p class="para_item">use MB3 on the geometry (geometry view in the Operation Navigator) for which you would like to create an operation and choose Insert &rarr; Operation </p>
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            <p class="para_item">select Turning from the available templates in the Create Operation Dialog</p>
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            <p class="para_item">select Threading using the Threading OD (outer diameter)  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/icon_thread_od.gif" border="0"> or Threading ID (inner diameter)  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/icon_thread_id.gif" border="0"> icons
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            <p class="para_item">enter the desired Program, Geometry, Tool, Method and Name of operation</p>
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      <p class="para_division">or</p>
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            <p class="para_item">double click on an existing threading operation in the Operation Navigator</p>
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