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      <div class="title_topic5" id="xps10_pagetitle">More Drive Parameters</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">More Drive Parameters displays a dialog box containing the following options.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Region Connection</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Minimizes the number of engage, retract, and traversal moves that occur be tween different cutting regions on a part</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Boundary Approximation</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Reduces the system processing time by converting, curving, and cutting passes into longer linear segments</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Island Cleanup</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Inserts an additional pass around islands to remove any extra material that may have been left behind</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Wall Cleanup</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Removes the ridges that occur along the walls of a part in Zig, Zig-Zag, or Zig with Stepover Cut Types</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Finish Pass</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Adds a finishing cutting pass at the end of the normal cutting operation to trace around the boundaries</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Finish Stock</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Stock value for the Finish Pass</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Corner Control</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Helps prevent the cutter from gouging the part as it cuts around corners</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Apply at Boundary</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Inserts fillets defined using the Corner Control option into the corners of the tool path before it is projected on to the part surface</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Apply at Part Surface</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Inserts fillets defined using the Corner Control option into the corners of the tool path after it is projected on to the part surface</p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Region Connection</div>
      <p class="para_division">Region Connection allows you to minimize the number of engage, retract, and traversal moves that occur between different cutting regions on a part. A different cutting region is established for every location on the part that cannot be reached by the tool without violating the boundaries or stock values. This option is available only when using Follow Pocket or Profile cut patterns.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Boundary Approximation</div>
      <p class="para_division">Boundary Approximation allows you to reduce the system processing time by converting, curving, and cutting passes into longer linear segments. This option is available only when using Follow Pocket or Profile cut patterns.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Island Cleanup</div>
      <p class="para_division">Island Cleanup allows you to insert an additional pass around islands to remove any extra material that may have been left behind. This option only applies when using the Follow Pocket cut pattern.</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">Island Cleanup</div>
      <div class="title_division">Wall Cleanup</div>
      <p class="para_division">Wall Cleanup allows you to remove the ridges that occur along the walls of a part in Zig, Zig-Zag, or Zig with Stepover Cut Types.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Finish Pass</div>
      <p class="para_division">Finish Pass allows you to add a finishing cutting pass at the end of the normal cutting operation to trace around the boundaries. This option is only available when using Follow Pocket, Parallel Lines, Radial Lines, or Concentric Arcs cut patterns. Finish Pass activates the Finish Stock field allowing you to enter a stock value for this pass. The Value you enter here should be equal to or less than the Boundary Stock Value specified in the Boundary Drive Method dialog box.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Corner Control</div>
      <p class="para_division">The Corner Control option is provided to help prevent the cutter from gouging the part as it cuts around corners.</p>
      <p class="para_division">For concave corners, it is possible for the cutter to make a smooth transition between interior part walls by automatically generating Corner Geometry (fillets) that are slightly larger than the cutter radius.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Using slowdown feed rates, in one or more steps, as the tool encounters a wall further assures a smooth transition between walls. As the cutter leaves the corner, it accelerates back to the Cut Feed Rate.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Choosing the Corner Control option displays the Corner and Feed Rate Control dialog.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Apply at Boundary</div>
      <p class="para_division">Apply at Boundary allows you to insert fillets defined using the Corner Control option into the corners of the tool path before the tool path is projected on to the surface.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Apply at Part Surface</div>
      <p class="para_division">Apply at Part Surface allows you to insert fillets defined using the Corner Control option into the corners of the tool path after the tool path is projected on to the part surface.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body"> NOTE: The Apply at Boundary and Apply at Part Surface options will have no affect unless you have specified that fillets be inserted, using the Corner Control option.</p>
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