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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Engage/Retract</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The Engage/Retract option allows you to bring the tool safely into contact with the part at the beginning of each cutting pass and to retract the tool safely away from the part at the end of each cutting pass.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body"> NOTE: There are instances when the system temporarily alters the user defined boundary, e.g., if the tool does not fit safely into an undercut area. The system then bases the automatic Engage/Retract angle calculation on the altered boundary.</p>
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