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      <p class="para_topic">The following Connections parameters define the movements between cutting moves. Parameters limited to specific operations are noted.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Connections Options</p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/com_millop_reg_seq.html');return(false);">Region Sequencing</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Provides several methods of automatically and manually specifying the order in which cut regions are machined.</p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cut_region_conn.html');return(false);">Region Connection</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Determines how to traverse passes and connect subregions.</p>
               <p class="para_td">(Cavity Milling, Face Milling, and Planar Milling: Follow Periphery, Follow Part, and Profile cut methods)</p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cut_fol_chck.html');return(false);">Follow Check Geometry</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Determines how the cutter will behave when it encounters Check geometry (Planar Milling, Cavity Milling).</p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cut_open_passes.html');return(false);">Open Passes</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use to traverse open passes for the Follow Part cut pattern.</p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/zlev_cut_betw.html');return(false);">Cut Between Levels</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Creates extra cuts when there is a gap between the cut levels. (Zlevel Profile, Zlevel Profile Steep only).</p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/com_millop_stepover.html');return(false);">Stepover</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Allows you to specify the distance between cut passes. </p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/zlev_level.html');return(false);">Level to Level</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Cuts all levels without lifting back up to the clearance plane. (Zlevel only)</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Minimize Number of Engages</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Arranges the tool path to minimize the number of engage and retract moves when there are multiple regions.</p>
               <p class="para_td">(Planar Milling, Face Milling, and Cavity Milling: Zig-zag cut method)</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Max Cut Traverse</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Defines the longest distance that you want the tool to feed along the part when not cutting. When the system needs to connect different cutting areas, if the distance is less than this, the tool will feed along the part. If the distance is larger than this, the system will use the current transfer method to retract, traverse, and engage to the next location. </p>
               <p class="para_td">Specify this value as a distance or a percent of the tool diameter.</p>
               <p class="para_td">(Trochoidal cut method)</p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/face_cut_x_voids.html');return(false);">Across Voids</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Across Voids is a cut parameter specific to Face milling. </p>
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               <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Traverse Distance</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Traverse Distance</b> is a cut parameter specific to Face milling.
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