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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Startup/End</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Startup/End allows you to specify machine control parameters and post command parameters for both Startup and End-of-path.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Machine Capabilities---</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Wire Status Control---</p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Machine Capabilities</div>
      <p class="para_division">Arc Output regulates how arc segments are written into the tool path. If Arc Output is toggled on, the system will write movement around an arc to the tool path as a series of circle commands. If it is toggled off, the system will write the same movement as a series of linear GOTO commands.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Wire Status Control</div>
      <p class="para_division">Wire Status Control allows you to specify the status of the wire as it approaches and departs from the cutting path.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Approach with Wire allows you to specify whether or not the wire is threaded (LOAD/WIRE) during the Rapid move from the From Point to the Thread Point (or to the Lead In Point if the Thread Point is not specified). Approach with Wire only applies prior to the Thread Point.</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">Approach with Wire - ON</div>
      <p class="para_division">If this option is toggled ON, the wire is threaded (LOAD/WIRE) before the Rapid move from the From Point to the Thread Point. If the wire is already threaded, it simply remains threaded. If this option is toggled OFF, then the wire is cut (UNLOAD/WIRE) before the Rapid move and is threaded again at the Thread Point (or to the Lead In Point if the Thread Point is not specified).</p>
      <p class="para_division">Toggling this option OFF causes no threading (LOAD/WIRE) of the wire. </p>
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      <p class="para_division">Departure with Wire allows you to specify whether or not the wire remains threaded past the Lead Out Point (Departure and Rapid moves). It does not apply prior to the Lead Out point.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">If this option is toggled ON, the wire remains threaded and continues to cut from the end of the final lead out move. If this option is toggled OFF, the wire is cut after the final Lead Out.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Toggling this option OFF allows the wire to be retracted from an enclosed boundary after generating an Internal Trim cutting operation as illustrated below.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Startup Commands</div>
      <p class="para_division">Startup Commands allows you to specify Startup post commands for the operation by using a previously defined set of parameters or specifying a new set. You may also toggle this option on and off.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Retrieve allows you to choose a previously defined set of Startup post commands.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Edit takes you to the Startup Post Commands dialog which allows you to define a set of startup post commands.</p>
      <p class="para_division">For further details, see Startup Post Commands.</p>
      <div class="title_division">End-of-Path Commands</div>
      <p class="para_division">End-of-Path Commands allows you to specify End-of-path post commands for the operation by using a previously defined set of parameters or specifying a new set. You may also toggle this option on and off.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Retrieve</div>
      <p class="para_division">Retrieve allows you to choose a previously defined set of End-of-path commands.</p>
      <p class="para_division">For further details, see End-of-Path Commands.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Edit</div>
      <p class="para_division">Edit takes you to the End-of-Path Post Commands dialog which allows define a set of End-of-Path post commands.</p>
      <p class="para_division">For further details, see End-of-Path Commands.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Cutter Compensation</div>
      <p class="para_division">Cutter Compensation allows you to access the Cutcom Parameters dialog, where you can specify the following:</p>
      <div class="title_division">Cutcom</div>
      <p class="para_division">Cutcom allows to you choose from the following options:</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Inactive turns the cutter compensation OFF.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Active turns the cutter compensation ON.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Register Number</div>
      <p class="para_division">Register Number allows you to enter the cutter compensation register number that will be used.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Output Register Number</div>
      <p class="para_division">Output Register Number allows you to toggle on and off whether the specified Register Number will be appended to the CUTCOM/ command in the tool path. When toggled ON, this option works in combination with the option menu just below it. This option menu allows you to specify whether the Output Register Number is placed before or after the lead-in. These options are designed to accommodate certain controllers that are very particular in regard to the CUTCOM statement location.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Output Cutcom/Off</div>
      <p class="para_division">Output Cutcom/Off allows you to toggle ON and OFF whether the CUTCOM/OFF command will be applied to the tool path at the end of each pass. When toggled ON, this option works in combination with the option menu just below it. This option menu allows you to specify whether the CUTCOM/OFF command is placed before or after the lead-out. These options are designed to accommodate certain controllers that are very particular in regard to the CUTCOM statement location. </p>
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