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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Spherical Coordinates</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Spherical Coordinates allows you to define a Fixed Tool Axis Vector by keying in two angular values; Phi and Theta. Phi is the angle measured from +ZC and rotated in the ZC-XC plane from ZC to XC. Theta is the rotation of Phi about the ZC axis from XC to YC. The Tool Axis remains parallel to this vector as it moves along the Tool Path.</p>
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