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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Minimizing Tool Travel</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The Minimizing Tool Travel dialog displays when you select Minimizing Tool Travel in the Feature Resequence section of the Optimized_NC dialog.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Start and End Feature</div>
      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Start Feature</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/start_feature.gif" border="0"> and <b class="uiTerm">End Feature</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/end_feature.gif" border="0"> let you select the starting and ending features. This can save machining time by optimizing the transition moves between features.
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      <div class="title_division">Method</div>
      <p class="para_division">The method section has two choices, Standard and Advanced. Standard is the default setting for this option. </p>
      <div class="title_division">Standard</div>
      <p class="para_division">The order of the features is determined in a manner similar to chaining: the second feature is the point closest to the start feature, the third feature is the point closest to the second feature and so on. </p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">This option takes less time to resequence the feature order than the Advanced option below. </p>
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      <div class="title_division">Advanced</div>
      <p class="para_division">This option may take considerably longer processing time than the Standard method in determining the shortest tool path. However, this method increases machine time efficiency.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Based On</div>
      <p class="para_division">If the system detects fixed-axis, then only Distance is available. However, if the machine is multiple-axis, you can select either Distance or Tool Axis. Distance is the default selection for this option. </p>
      <div class="title_division">Distance</div>
      <p class="para_division">The optimization is based on the distance between the holes.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Tool Axis</div>
      <p class="para_division">The optimization is based on the axis of the tool while machining the holes.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Distance Method</div>
      <p class="para_division">The way in which the distance between two features is computed. </p>
      <div class="title_division">Direct </div>
      <p class="para_division">If the Direct option is chosen the direct 3D distance between two features is used for calculating optimization. </p>
      <div class="title_division">With Transition</div>
      <p class="para_division">If the With Transition option is chosen real transition movement between two features is used for calculating optimization. </p>
      <div class="title_division">Resequence</div>
      <p class="para_division">The Resequence button executes the minimizing tool travel optimization based on the options you have selected. It displays the order in which the features will be machined, by placing a number on each feature.</p>
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