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      <p class="para_topic">Minimum Clearance allows you to establish a safety zone around the workpiece for non-cutting tool motions.</p>
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                  <p class="para_warning_body">  CAUTION: The tool rapids to the minimum clearance distance from the previously specified Start Point, and then proceeds at the cut feed rate. If you do not set a minimum clearance, undesirable conditions may result.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">After the drilling operation, the tool returns to the minimum clearance distance before going to the Return and/or Gohome points (defined using the Avoidance Geometry option of the Drill Parameters menu).</p>
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