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      <div class="title_topic6" id="xps10_pagetitle">Tool Axis Control Options</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/09topic_73.html');return(false);">Geometry</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Tool Axis Control</b> options include:
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cut_param-max_tool_axis_chg.html');return(false);">Max. Tool Axis Change</a></b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Method</b>:<a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cut_param-max_tool_axis_chg.html#com_cut_cut_param-max_tool_axis_chg-step');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Per Step</b></a>  or <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cut_param-max_tool_axis_chg.html#com_cut_cut_param-max_tool_axis_chg-min');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Per Minute</b></a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Min. Tool Axis Change</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cut_param-lift_at_convex.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Lift at Convex Corner</b></a></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Based on the Wall geometry, the <b class="uiTerm">Contour Profile</b> processor computes the optimal tool axis for a tool path. 
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      <p class="para_topic">The tool fans as smoothly as possible from corner to corner so that all walls are machined. If sections of the wall contain small concave surfaces (concave in the direction of cut), the processor attempts to follow the rulings of the surface and lay the tool as flat as possible against the wall (see below). </p>
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      <p class="para_topic">The cutter fans (A) from corner to corner. No small concave surface is part of the wall.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">A small concave segment of the wall is cut by following rulings (B) of the wall. In other areas of the wall, the module fans the tool axis (A).</p>
      <div class="title_division">Tool Axis Control in Corners</div>
      <div class="title_division">Concave Corners</div>
      <p class="para_division">In the figure below, the tool axis is obtained by positioning the cutter against the sides of the two walls (A) that form the concave corner. &nbsp;The bottom of the tool is positioned against the floor (B). &nbsp;The software attempts to keep the lower portion of the cutter against the walls and floor.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Convex Corners</div>
      <p class="para_division">In the figures below, the tool axis is extracted from the convex corner (A) and the tool rolls (B) around the corner similar to <b class="uiTerm">Add Arcs</b> in <b class="uiTerm">Corner Control</b>. &nbsp;
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