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      <div class="title_topic5" id="xps10_pagetitle">Contour Profile Method Dialog</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cont_var_axix_prof.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cont_profile-create.html');return(false);">How To</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cont_prof_param.html');return(false);">Options</a></p>
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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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               <p class="para_th">Parameter</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Start of Cut</b></p>
               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">End of Cut</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Let you modify the start or end of cut location. Do this if you aren't able to define an access vector that traces the entire wall bottom curve.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Either click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to accept the <b class="uiTerm">Automatic</b> option, or click <b class="uiTerm">User Defined</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Select Reference Point</b> to define a point using the <b class="uiTerm">Point Constructor</b> dialog.
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               <p class="para_td">A = wall bottom trace ends, B = <b class="uiTerm">User Defined</b> end of cut point extends the wall bottom trace
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               <p class="para_td">In the figure below, the defined <b class="uiTerm">Access Vector</b> (C) causes the wall bottom trace to end at point (A). Adding a <b class="uiTerm">User Defined</b> <b class="uiTerm">End of Cut</b> point (B) extends the wall bottom trace.
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               <div class="title_figure">Adding User Defined End of Cut</div>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Tool Axis</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Automatic</b> <b class="uiTerm">Tool Axis</b> option obtains the tool axis from the wall geometry.
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               <div class="title_figure">Automatic Tool Axis</div>
               <p class="para_td">Use <b class="uiTerm">Guided</b> when the <b class="uiTerm">Automatic</b> <b class="uiTerm">Tool Axis</b> option can't obtain a good tool axis from the wall geometry.
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               <p class="para_td"> A = wall, B = tool guide</p>
               <p class="para_td">You can only add guides to the start and end of the entire tool path. If you have multiple regions, the start guide is in the first region and the end guide is in the last region.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Extend</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Lets you add segments to the beginning or end of the tool path.</p>
               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Extend</b> follows the wall until it ends, then adds a linear segment to complete the extension.
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               <p class="para_td">In closed pockets there are no linear extensions, and you can make the start and end overlap.</p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Specifying Start and End of Cuts</div>
      <p class="para_division">For closed pockets, the default (<b class="uiTerm">Automatic</b>) start and end points are located at the middle of the longest wall segment, not at a corner. For open pockets, the default <b class="uiTerm">Start of Cut</b> position is the initial point on the edge curve where the wall meets the floor. The default <b class="uiTerm">End of Cut</b> position is the final point on the edge curve where the wall meets the floor. The same rules apply for no-floor cases.
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      <p class="para_division">To modify the default start and/or end of cuts, click <img align="bottom" src="graphics/edit_params.gif" border="0"> (<b class="uiTerm">Edit parameters</b> ) to specify the start and end of cuts. 
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      <div class="title_figure">Automatic start and end of cut for closed pocket</div>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">The <b class="uiTerm">Display</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Preview Path</b> options in the <b class="uiTerm">Contour Profile Method</b> dialog are customizable items and can be added to the <b class="uiTerm">VARIABLE_CONTOUR</b>, <b class="uiTerm">CONTOUR_PROFILE</b> dialogs. (Choose <b class="uiTerm">Display Drive Path</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Contour Profile - Display Preview</b>.)
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      <p class="para_division">Changing the <b class="uiTerm">Extend</b> option changes the input box title as follows:
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               <p class="para_td">Specify</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Distance</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Tool Diameter</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Extensions beyond the wall end are linear. If the extension causes the tool path to gouge the geometry, then only the portion of the tool path that doesn&rsquo;t gouge is output.</p>
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