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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Zlevel 5axis</div>
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               <p class="para_td">Overview</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">ZLevel 5axis</b> is a Zlevel operation for multi-axis machines. <b class="uiTerm">ZLevel 5axis</b> supports ball end mill tools and allows you to tilt the tool axis away from the part geometry to avoid shank/holder collisions.
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">ZLevel 5axis</b> finishes steep, deep walls and corners with small fillets with a shorter tool instead of the longer small diameter tool required with a fixed axis operation. The higher feed-rates and chip-loads that are possible with a shorter tool increase productivity.
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                  <p class="para_note_body"><b class="uiTerm">ZLevel 5axis</b> is completely separate operation, and can not be converted to an existing fixed&ndash;axis <b class="uiTerm">Zlevel</b> operation.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Create Operation</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/manufacturing/manufacturing_create/create_operation.gif" border="0"> on the <b class="uiTerm">Manufacturing Create</b> toolbar.
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Create Operation</b> dialog box, select <b class="uiTerm">mill_multi-axis</b> from the <b class="uiTerm">Type</b> list and select <b class="uiTerm">ZLEVEL_5AXIS</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/manufacturing/create_operation/zlevel_5axis.gif" border="0"> from the <b class="uiTerm">Operation Subtype</b> group.
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