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      <p class="para_topic">Options allows you to define other parameters related to the sub-operation using the Other Options dialog box. You may define the following:</p>
      <div class="title_division">Custom Curve Tolerances</div>
      <p class="para_division">You may enter values for the following:</p>
      <p class="para_division">Intol is the maximum distance a tool may deviate from its path into the part. This intol value only applies to the specific sub-operation that you are editing.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Outtol is the maximum distance a tool may deviate from its path away from the part. This outtol value only applies to the specific sub-operation that you are editing.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Custom Corner Control</div>
      <p class="para_division">This option allows you to control movement in convex corners to prevent gouging and excessive chip loading using the Edit Parameters option. This option is available for Continuous Path moves only.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body"> NOTE: For a complete description of this option refer to Default Corner Control.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Output CL Points</div>
      <p class="para_division">Output CL Points allows you to temporarily suspend the output of points to the tool path. This is helpful when you need to position the tool to geometry that is currently difficult to select because of its view position. By suspending the output of CL points, you can move the tool in several sub-operations that are not included in the tool path. When you finally position the tool to the correct geometry, activate this option and the tool path continues. (This is similar to APT's CUT/DNTCUT.)</p>
      <div class="title_division">Curve Selection</div>
      <p class="para_division">Curve Selection allows you to define the Drive or Check boundaries with single or multiple curves.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body"> NOTE: When the APT mode is enabled (see the Drive Curve Lathe Introduction), the Curve Selection option is set to Single and cannot be changed.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Display Options</div>
      <p class="para_division">Display Options allows you to set tool, pattern, and tool path display options for the current sub-operation. Refer to Display Options in the Common Options section for details.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Loop Control</div>
      <p class="para_division">This option allows you to define a loop by specifying extra stock on the drive and check curves. The extra stock is added to the global stock and the user specified stock on the curve in question to give the actual stock on the curve.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Loop Start</div>
      <p class="para_division">This toggle allows you to start a looping sequence. Only an Engage or a Point to Point sub-operation can be used as the start of the loop.</p>
      <p class="para_division">The general procedure for developing a loop requires you to specify a loop Start sub-operation (perhaps an engage move from a Start Point), one or more Continuation sub-operations (perhaps Continuous Path and a Retract sub-operation), and an End sub-operation (perhaps a Point To Point move to the Start Point).</p>
      <div class="title_division">Initial Stock</div>
      <p class="para_division">Initial Stock is the stock value to be applied to the first pass of the looping sequence. This stock will be added on top of the global stock and the sub-operation added stock.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Final Stock</div>
      <p class="para_division">Final Stock is the stock value to be applied to the last pass of the looping sequence.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Incremental Stock</div>
      <p class="para_division">Incremental Stock allows you to specify a stepover amount between passes (an amount by which the extra drive/check curve stock is decreased from one pass to the next). The specified value must be nonzero. If the value is negative, the processor will take the absolute value of the specified value.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body"> NOTE: The stepover between the last two passes may be less than the given value.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Number of Passes</div>
      <p class="para_division">Number of Passes allows you to specify the total number of passes in the loop, from which the system will compute a constant stepover for each pass.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Loop End</div>
      <p class="para_division">Loop End defines the end of the looping region.</p>
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