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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Contour Profile</b> <b class="uiTerm">Drive Method</b> in Variable Axis Surface Contouring machines canted walls with the side of the cutter. Variable axis profiling lets you automatically generate a tool path to machine the walls of a cavity or a region bounded by floor(s) and wall(s), with the sides of the cutter. After selecting the floor, the software can find all the walls that bound the floor. The tool axis is constantly adjusted to get a smooth path. At concave corners, the side of the tool is tangent to both adjacent walls. At convex corners, the software adds a radius and rolls the cutter around to keep the tool axis tangent to each corner wall. &nbsp;&nbsp;
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Contour Profile</b> also allows you to machine walls that are not bounded by floors, such as the outside periphery of a part. There are two options to control the placement of the cutter against the wall when your part has no floors. Either use <b class="uiTerm">Follow Wall bottom</b> to follow the periphery of the wall or use an auxiliary floor that behaves as a real floor.
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      <p class="para_topic">Variable Axis Profiling is more automated than Sequential Milling, and is ideal for machining pockets with canted walls, such as those found in aerospace parts.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body"><b class="uiTerm">Contour Profile</b> only machines the walls with the cutter side. Choose another processor to machine parts with the tip of the cutter.
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