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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Setup</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">In NX the NC machining environment is referred to as the setup. The first time you open a part in the Manufacturing application you select the setup from the Machining Environment dialog and then select initialize. For more information on the setup options go to the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/setup_init_setup.html');return(false);">Initializing the CAM Setup</a> section. With the setup you can input and save the full machining environment; this includes the tool paths and their parameters. 
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      <p class="para_topic">The tool paths and their parameters are saved inside what is called an operation. Each operation contains its own tool path and parameters. NX allows you to separate the operations into sections called groups. These groups become parents when operations are placed underneath them in the Operation Navigator. Therefore, the documentation often refers to them as parent groups, when talking about an issue that relates to the group both before and after it contains operations. The relation between the operations and these parent groups is displayed through the different views of the Operation Navigator. </p>
      <p class="para_topic">The Operation Navigator contains four views: Geometry View, Tool View, Method View, and Program Order View. Each operation has four parent groups: geometry, tools, methods, and the program order. As you would assume, to view the geometry parent groups look in the Geometry View. To view the tool parent groups, look in the Tool View. </p>
      <p class="para_topic">Within these views you can plan, edit, view, and manipulate your data. To create an operation or parent &nbsp;group however, you must click the appropriate Create icon and create the operation or parent group in the appropriate dialog. Once you have created the operation or parent group, it displays in the Operation Navigator where you can then edit, view and manipulate it along with the other operations and parent groups already in your NC program. </p>
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