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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Geometry</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">This section contains a description of each of the Point to Point machining submodule main geometry menu options listed below. These options allow you to select and manipulate points and to generate a tool path.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Select</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Selects cylindrical and conic holes, arcs, and points</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Append</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Appends new points to a set of previously selected points</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Omit</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Ignores previously selected points</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Optimize</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Arranges the order of the points in the tool path</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Display Points</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Verifies the selection of tool path points after using the Include, Omit, Avoid or Optimize options</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Avoid</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies Tool Clearance over fixtures or obstacles within the part</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Reverse</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Reverses the order of previously selected Goto points</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Arc Axis Control</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Displays and/or reverses axes of pre viously selected arcs and sheet holes</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Rapto Offset</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies a RAPTO value to each se lected point, arc or hole</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Display/Verify CYCLE Parameter Sets</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Displays the points associated with each parameter set, and/or verifies (lists the values of) the cycle parameters for any of the available Parameter Sets</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body"> NOTE: If you have an active cycle, the Display/Verify Cycle Parameter Sets option will appear on the Point To Point Geometry menu. This option allows you to either (1) display the points associated with each parameter set, and/or (2) verify (list the values of) the cycle parameters for any of the available Parameter Sets.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">You may return to the Point to Point Params menu at this point by choosing Back. The system retains any points that you have previously selected.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The system saves the point information with the operation description when you accept a Point to Point operation. When you retrieve a description or edit an operation, the specified point or arc center information is also retrieved. The system maintains the order of points and any specified Avoid motions.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">All Point to Point geometry, except generic points, is associative.</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">No Cycle Active (Corresponds to Listing 1)</div>
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      <div class="title_figure">POINT TO POINT TOOL PATH FOR A STANDARD DRILL CYCLE</div>
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