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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Cut grooves equal to the insert width</div>
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      <p class="para_topic"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/tool_eq_groove4.gif" border="0"></p>
      <p class="para_topic">You can make a single plunge cut into a groove that is the same width as the tool insert. </p>
      <p class="para_topic">To cut grooves equal to the insert width:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Place at least two containment trim planes (or points) around the groove feature as shown below. The containment trim planes can be aligned with the walls, or simply placed near the walls. This forces the grooving tool to cut into the narrow groove.</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/narrow_groove_6.gif"></p>
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            <div class="title_figure">Containment trim planes aligned with groove wall</div>
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            <p class="para_item">Remove any positive operation stock.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Remove any positive custom boundary offsets or stock applied to the groove.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">As the groove width equals the insert width, the tool will cut the groove.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Result:</p>
      <p class="para_topic"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/tool_eq_groove3.gif" border="0"></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/tool_eq_groove17.gif" border="0"> or <img align="bottom" src="graphics/tool_eq_groove18.gif" border="0"></p>
      <div class="title_division">Stock and boundary offsets</div>
      <p class="para_division">You can use this same technique to cut a groove that is equal to the insert width after applying stock and boundary offsets. Verify this equation applies: groove width &ndash; 2 * (stock+offsets) = insert width.</p>
      <p class="para_division">For example:</p>
      <p class="para_division"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/tool_eq_groove7.gif" border="0"> or <img align="bottom" src="graphics/tool_eq_groove8.gif" border="0"></p>
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            <p class="para_item">insert width = 10mm</p>
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            <p class="para_item">groove width = 12mm</p>
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            <p class="para_item">stock = 1mm</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Applied groove width = 12&ndash; 2*1 = 10: The software will cut the groove.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Result:</p>
      <p class="para_division"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/tool_eq_groove6.gif" border="0"></p>
      <p class="para_division"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/tool_eq_groove9.gif" border="0"> or <img align="bottom" src="graphics/tool_eq_groove10.gif" border="0"></p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">When the tool insert width is equal to the groove width, the software will only cut the groove. The material on top of the diameters is not cut.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">If you create an open boundary chain that only includes the groove and a small portion of the part boundary, then it is not necessary to place trim planes. The software will only make a single plunge cut into the groove, as in the method above.</p>
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