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      <p class="para_topic">To use the user defined mill tool:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Create a <b class="uiTerm">Planar_Profile</b> operation.
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            <p class="para_item">Select the <b class="uiTerm">Drive Point</b> from one of the tool's tracking points.
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            <p class="para_item">Optional: Adjust the cutter's position by adjusting the <b class="uiTerm">Drive Point</b> position.
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            <p class="para_item"> The Drive Point is positioned at the boundary, on the boundary plane.  Use the <b class="uiTerm">Part Stock</b> value to adjust its sideways position within the boundary plane. Use the <b class="uiTerm">Z-Depth Offset</b> value to adjust its position above or below the boundary plane (up/down).
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                        <p class="para_note_body">A positive (+) stock or z&ndash;depth value keeps the cutter away from the wall or raises the cutter. A negative (-) stock or z&ndash;depth value places the drive point deeper into the wall or lowers the cutter. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Optional: Define contact contour output. Use this only if you do not want to output the tool tip in the path </p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Turn on <b class="uiTerm">Output Contact/Tracking Data</b>. (See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/pmill_op_2d_cntct_cntr.html');return(false);">Use contact/tracking data</a>.)
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                  <p class="para_item">Select a <b class="uiTerm">Tracking Point</b> from the drop-down list to define the tool path output.
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                              <p class="para_note_body">Tracking points are defined on the tool.</p>
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                              <p class="para_note_body">Gouge checking is disabled for the operation when you select a user defined mill tool. This lets you cut shapes, such as small chamfers to break sharp corners, that aren't modeled in the part.</p>
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