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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/parent_group_tool_head.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">You can use the <b class="uiTerm">Head</b> dialog to define:
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Gauge Point</b>: the difference between the spindle gauge point where the tool is loaded on the machine and the new location on the head where the tool will be loaded.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Spindle Axis</b>: the axis direction of the tool when it is loaded into the head with respect to the Z axis of the machine tool. A right angle head along the +X axis would have a spindle axis of (1,0,0).
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