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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Tool Axis</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Tool Axis allows you to specify detailed data regarding tool location and orientation with respect to the surface being machined.</p>
      <div class="title_division">None</div>
      <p class="para_division">Defines a tool axis aligned with the machine primary Z axis (i.e., tool axis vector of 0,0,1). None is the tool axis default setting.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Fixed</div>
      <p class="para_division">Allows you to define a vector to determine the tool axis. Define the desired vector using an option from the Vector Subfunction. Define the vector pointing from the tool tip toward the tool base in the desired orientation.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Normal</div>
      <p class="para_division">Causes the system to calculate the tool axis vector perpendicular to the surface at each GOTO point.</p>
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