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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Inheritance</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Geometry is passed down from group to group and from group to operation. For example, an operation or a &nbsp;MILL_AREA group will inherit part geometry from a MILL_GEOM group. Not all operations can be placed in all geometry groups. Different operations can inherit different geometry types. The chart below shows which operations inherit each geometry type.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Geometry inheritance cannot be overridden in an operation. In other words if the appropriate geometry can be inherited it is used by the operation. If the appropriate geometry is not available to be inherited from a geometry parent group, then you can select it within the operation. </p>
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      <div class="title_division">Where do I find it?</div>
      <p class="para_division">There are two ways to access the inheritance list. Either select Details in the Operation Navigator and the system displays the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/opnav_details_panel.html');return(false);">Details Panel</a> which contains the Inheritance list. Or select MB3 on the operation&rarr; Object&rarr; Inheritance List.
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      <p class="para_division">For more information on Inheritance go to the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/ont_list_update.html');return(false);">Inheritance List</a> section. 
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               <p class="para_th">&nbsp;Planar Milling</p>
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            <th colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_th">Face Milling</p>
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            <th colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_th">Cavity Milling</p>
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               <p class="para_th">ZLevel</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Fixed Contour</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Variable Contour</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Point to Point</p>
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               <p class="para_th">MILL_GEOM (WORKPIECE)</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/parent_mill_geom.gif" border="0"> Part
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               <p class="para_td"> X&nbsp;</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> X&nbsp;</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> X</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> X&nbsp;</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> X&nbsp;</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/parent_geom_blank.gif" border="0"> Blank
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp;X</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/parent_geom_check.gif" border="0"> Check
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp;X</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp;X</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp;X</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp;X</p>
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               <p class="para_th">MILL_AREA</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/parent_mill_geom.gif" border="0"> Part
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               <p class="para_td"> X</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp;X</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/parent_geom_check.gif" border="0">Check
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               <p class="para_td"> X</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> X</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> X </p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/parent_mill_area.gif" border="0"> Cut Area
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               <p class="para_td"> X</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp;X</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp;S</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> S</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/parent_bnd_trim.gif" border="0"> Trim
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               <p class="para_td"> X</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp;X</p>
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp;S</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/parent_inher_walls.gif" border="0">Walls
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               <p class="para_td"> X</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> S</p>
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               <p class="para_th">DRILL_GEOM</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/parent_holes.gif" border="0"> Holes
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp;X</p>
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               <p class="para_th">MILL_BND </p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/parent_bnd_part.gif" border="0"> Part 
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               <p class="para_td"> X </p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/parent_bnd_blank.gif" border="0"> Blank
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               <p class="para_td">&nbsp;X</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> X</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/parent_bnd_check.gif" border="0"> Check
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               <p class="para_td"> X</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> X</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/parent_bnd_trim.gif" border="0"> Trim
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               <p class="para_td">X</p>
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               <p class="para_td">X&nbsp;</p>
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               <p class="para_td">S</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_division">X These geometry types are always available. </p>
      <p class="para_division">S (Sometimes) These geometry types work in the Area Milling and Flowcut Drive Methods. </p>
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