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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Common Operation Options</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">This section discusses options that are common to many Operation Types.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Avoidance Geometry</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies, activates (or cancels) geometry used for non-cutting moves</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Corner and Feed Rate Control</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Prevents the cutter from gouging as it cuts concave or convex corners</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Customize Dialog</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the parameters (text fields, buttons, and option menus) that appear in high level operation parameter dialog boxes</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Display Options</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Determines how the tool and tool path are displayed on the screen</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Engage And Retract</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Establishes the direction and distance the tool moves into or out of cutting movements within the tool path.</p>
               <p class="para_td">See the Turning and Milling documentation for more specific information.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Feed Rates</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies feedrate values for different types of tool movements</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Machine Control</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Redefine the cutting tool, control whether circular or B-Spline (NURBS) tool motions are allowed in the tool path, enter post processor commands in the tool path, determine spindle axis (for lathe operations), provide cutter compensation information in the tool path</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Postprocessor Commands</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Provides special instructions to the machine tool within the tool path</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Suppressed Status</p>
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               <p class="para_td">An explicit action to reevaluate the <b class="uiTerm">Suppress</b> status on suppressed/unsuppressed operations. Will show all the unsuppressed operations of the selected groups in the Operation Navigator.
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               <p class="para_td">Visualize</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Graphically simulates and verifies the material removal process of a tool path</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Tool Path</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Generate and review the tool path</p>
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               <p class="para_td">All other Parameters</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This button gives you quick access to all customizable items available to this dialog, that are not currently customized into the main dialog. </p>
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               <p class="para_td">NX Library</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Allows you to access tools, machines and feeds and speeds data from a database.</p>
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