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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Stepover &mdash; Face Milling</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Stepover allows you to specify the distance between cut passes. You can specify the distance directly by entering a constant value or percentage of the tool diameter, or indirectly by entering a scallop height and allowing the system to calculate the distance between cut passes.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">You can also define variable stepovers by specifying an allowable range for the system to use in determining the stepover size, or by specifying stepover sizes and corresponding numbers of passes.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Stepover provides the following options.</p>
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