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      <div class="title_topic5" id="xps10_pagetitle">Hookup Distance</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Hookup Distance enables you to eliminate small discontinuities or unwanted gaps in the tool path by connecting disjointed cutting motions. These discontinuities occur where the tool retracts from the Part surface and are sometimes caused by gaps between surfaces or variations in the Angle of Concavity that exceed the specified Maximum Concavity angle. The value you enter determines the distance the tool will span to connect the end points of cutting moves. The system will connect the two ends by linearly extending the two paths, and will not gouge the part.</p>
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