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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Cut Depth</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">In Face Milling, the cut levels are calculated for each selected face as follows:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Cut levels = (blank_distance - floor_stock) / depth_per_cut.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">&nbsp;Blank distance and floor stock are measured from the face plane and along the tool axis normal to the face plane.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">In the figure below, there are seven cut levels which are the result of subdividing equally the distance between the blank distance, and the floor stock by depth_per_cut.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Blank Distance = distance between the plane of a face and the blank.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Floor Stock = distance between the plane of a face and the floor stock.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Red Line </p>
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               <p class="para_th">1-7</p>
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               <p class="para_th">7 </p>
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               <p class="para_th">Blue Line </p>
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