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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Loading the Machine Tool</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">To load a machine tool into a CAM part:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Double click on the GENERIC_MACHINE shown in the <b class="uiTerm">Machine Tool View</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Replace Machine</b> from the dialog.
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            <p class="para_item">Select the type of machine you wish to load from the <b class="uiTerm">Library Class Selection</b> dialog.
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            <p class="para_item">Select the desired machine from the <b class="uiTerm">Search Results</b> dialog. The <b class="uiTerm">Part Mounting</b> dialog opens. 
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Part Mounting</b> dialog, select from the following options:
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                     <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Orient Machine Zero to main MCS</b></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Coincides the machine zero junction on your machine to the main MCS in your part. This is especially useful when retrieving a machine into older CAM parts that contain a main MCS but no machine. This option is only available if the part contains a main MCS. For more information on the main MCS, see the <b class="uiTerm">Coordinate System Purpose</b> option in the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('mfggeneral/index.html?goto=mfggeneral/parent_group_mcs.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Mill Orient MCS Dialog</a> section of the <cite class="titleReference">Manufacturing General Help</cite>.
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                     <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Use Assembly Positioning</b></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Uses standard Assembly positioning to position the part onto the machine. For more information, see the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('assemblies/index.html?goto=assemblies/comp_add.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Add Existing Component</a> in the Function Details section of the <cite class="titleReference">Assemblies Help</cite>.
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                     <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Use Part Mount Junction</b></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Moves the machine to the part so that the part mount junction in the existing machine coincides with the part mount junction in the new machine.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Create Part Mount Junction</b></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Allows you to create a part mount junction in the part that you want to mount to the machine. This is a quick way to perform the same steps required to create and classify a part mounting junction with the part (see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgisv/mfgisv_setup_part_apm.html');return(false);">Setting up a Part for Automatic Part Mounting</a>). This option is only available if the part does not yet contain a part mounting junction.
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                     <p class="para_td">Select a part in the graphics window</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Adds the part to the kinematic component classified as <b class="uiTerm">PART</b> in the Machine Tool Configurator.
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            <p class="para_item">Select OK.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Close the GENERIC_MACHINE dialog with <b class="uiTerm">Close</b>. &nbsp;
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                        <p class="para_note_body">&nbsp;For more information about steps 4-6 see NX Online Help &rarr; Manufacturing General &rarr;Common Operations Options &rarr; <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('mfggeneral/index.html?goto=mfggeneral/com_lib_overview.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">NX Library</a>.
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                        <p class="para_note_body">For an example how to mount a part on a machine, see  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgisv/mfgisv_setup_mounting_part.html');return(false);">Step 4 - Mounting the Part</a>.
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                        <p class="para_note_body">&nbsp;Use the <b class="uiTerm">Fit</b>  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/fit_icon.gif" border="0"> icon to position the machine in the graphics window.
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      <p class="para_topic">The system has now added the assembly model of the machine as an assembly component to the CAM part and copied the kinematics model of the machine into the CAM part. You can view and edit this model in <b class="uiTerm">Setup Configurator</b>.
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