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      <div class="title_topic5" id="xps10_pagetitle">Contour Profile Parameters</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cont_var_axix_prof.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cont_profile-create.html');return(false);">How To</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/09topic_73.html');return(false);">Geometry</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_th">Parameter</p>
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                  <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Automatic Wall</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Determines the walls from the floor. See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cont_prof_geom_wall.html#mfgmill_cont_prof_auto_wall');return(false);">Wall Geometry</a> for more information on how the walls are selected.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm"> Follow Wall Bottom</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Traces the wall curve at the bottom of the selected part surfaces. It positions the tool relative to the bottom edge of the walls.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">If the <b class="uiTerm">Follow Wall Bottom</b> toggle is OFF (default), the tool path may be incorrect in the following cases:
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                        <p class="para_item">The wall has a corner into which the tool can&rsquo;t fit (there is bi-tangency).</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">The auxiliary floor doesn&rsquo;t have enough footprint.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Tool Position Offset</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies an offset distance below the wall curve for the <b class="uiTerm">Follow Wall Bottom</b> option.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Auxiliary Floor</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Auxiliary Floor</b> is similar to <b class="uiTerm">Floor</b>, but doesn't need geometry attached to a wall. This is used to position the tool end when the part geometry doesn't have a floor, or where there is a requirement for additional floor containment, even if there is a part floor. You select faces to define the auxiliary floor. 
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                  <div class="title_figure">Auxiliary Floor</div>
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               <td bgcolor="#F7F7F7" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top"><a name="mfgmill_cont_prof_access_vector"></a><p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Access Vector</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Access Vector</b> is only applicable to no-floor cases. Its main purpose is to define which way the cutter should be positioned with respect to the wall.
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                  <p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/vap2-access_vector2.gif" border="0"></p>
                  <p class="para_td">In addition, the access vector affects the region to be cut. The following graphic shows how the direction of the access vector changes the curve traced for the <b class="uiTerm">Follow Wall Bottom</b> bottom region.
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                  <p class="para_td">A = access vector, B = wall, C = bottom region</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Automatic Auxiliary Floor</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Use <b class="uiTerm">Automatic Auxiliary Floor</b> to define an infinite plane that is perpendicular to the access vector at the bottom of the wall. You define the access vector to determine which way the cutter should be positioned with respect to the wall.
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                  <div class="title_figure">Automatic Auxiliary Floor</div>
                  <p class="para_td">You can turn <b class="uiTerm">Automatic Auxiliary Floor</b> on or off. You can also move it up and down. If other (more general) auxiliary floor geometry is defined with <b class="uiTerm">Automatic Auxiliary Floor</b> turned On, the plane is appended to, and considered a part of, the auxiliary floor.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Drive Method, </b> <b class="uiTerm">Edit Parameters</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/edit_params.gif" border="0"></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Click <b class="uiTerm">Edit Parameters</b> to access the <b class="uiTerm">Contour Profile Method</b> dialog for start/end of cut and tool axis options.
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The following table shows when to apply different <b class="uiTerm">Contour Profile</b> parameters.
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                  <p class="para_td">case</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Automatic Wall</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm"> Follow Wall Bottom</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Tool Position Offset</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Automatic Auxiliary Floor</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Access Vector</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Guided Tool Axis</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">floor</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">yes</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">not applicable</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">not applicable</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">yes</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">not applicable</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">yes</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">yes</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">yes</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">yes</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">yes</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Other <b class="uiTerm">Contour Profile</b> parameters include:
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            <p class="para_item"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cont_vap-cont_prof.html');return(false);">Contour Profile Method Dialog</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cont_prof-cut_opts.html');return(false);">Contour Profile Cutting Parameters</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cut_param-clear.html#com_cut_cut_param-clear');return(false);">Clearances Parameters</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/09topic_85.html');return(false);">Cut Step</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cont_prof_tool_axis.html');return(false);">Tool Axis Control Options</a></p>
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