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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">2-Axis Lathe Parameters</div>
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      <div class="title_division">Output Circular Record</div>
      <p class="para_division">You can set this option to Yes or No. If set to Yes, the system outputs all circles based on the circle motion parameters. If set to No the system does not output circle blocks (G2 or G3). </p>
      <div class="title_division">Linear Axis Travel Limit</div>
      <p class="para_division">With this option you can check travel limits when you input the custom command pb_cmd_check_travel_limits.tcl.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Home Position</div>
      <p class="para_division">This defines the default FROM position if you have not specified a FROM </p>
      <div class="title_division">Linear Motion Resolution</div>
      <p class="para_division">This defines the minimum value to which the system rounds all coordinates. This does not necessarily control the format of the coordinate data. To control the format of the coordinate data you must change the number of decimal digits output. </p>
      <div class="title_division">Traversal Feed Rate</div>
      <p class="para_division">This defines the feed rate that the system uses to calculate machine time for rapid motion. The system also uses this value to determine if a linear feed rate move is actually performed at rapid. &nbsp;</p>
      <div class="title_division">Axis Multiplier</div>
      <div class="title_division">Diameter Programming</div>
      <p class="para_division">This allows you to output the X and I words as diameter. They will be multiplied by two. &nbsp;Normal programming is radius.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Mirror X axis</div>
      <p class="para_division">This allows you to program your part in the fourth quadrant and output it in the first quadrant. The system multiplies all X and I words by minus one.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Mirror Z axis</div>
      <p class="para_division">When you use this option the system multiplies all Z and K words by minus one.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Turret</div>
      <p class="para_division">The Turret option allows you to define whether you have one or two turrets. Currently to select the two turrets option the turrets must be a fixed distant apart and not move independently. When you select the two turret option, you must specify the names of the two turrets and the distance between them. Select from one of the six names available for the names of the primary and secondary turrets. Use these names for the turrets so that the postprocessor knows whether or not to add the offsets. The system measures the distance from the primary turret to the secondary turret. The system algebraically adds the value to the x and z coordinates when using the secondary head. </p>
      <div class="title_division">Output Method</div>
      <p class="para_division">The lathe Output Method defines your basic tool tracking method. </p>
      <div class="title_division">Tool Tip </div>
      <p class="para_division">Tool Tip means that you want the x and z values in your NC output file to represent the tool tip location. &nbsp;The system accomplishes this by resetting the tool tip location with every tool change. </p>
      <p class="para_division">The basic elements for tool tip programming are: </p>
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            <p class="para_item">A FROM command at the beginning of the program to define the initial turret reference position. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">A G92 block with each tool change to take into account the change in offsets. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">A GOHOME or return to home position to return back to a common turret reference position. </p>
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      <div class="title_division">Turret Reference</div>
      <p class="para_division">Turret Reference means that the x and z values represent the turret reference location similar to the method the system uses when you program milling machines.</p>
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