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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/mfgholemaking_manual_hole_ov.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgholemaking/mfgholemaking_manual_hole_ht.html');return(false);">How To</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Option</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Cycle</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">For information on cycles go to: Feature-Based Machining&rarr;Holemaking and Hole Mill&rarr;Holemaking Dialog&rarr;Cycles in the NX 4 help. </p>
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               <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Clearance Distance</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Defines the distance, measured along the tool axis, from the point where the rapid move ends to the hole top.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Enter the value from each hole top to its operational clearance distance (RAPTO). <b class="uiTerm">Clearance Distance</b> also represents the tool's closest approach to the hole top between cutting operations.
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               <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Retract Distance</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Defines the distance measured along the tool axis from the hole top to the point where the tool retract move stops after feeding to the hole depth.</p>
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               <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Depth</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Enter the depth value. Each hole depth requires a separate manual hole making operation.</p>
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               <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Feed Rates</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">For information on feed rates go to: Manufacturing Milling&rarr;Planar Milling&rarr;Operation Parameters&rarr;Feed Rate.</p>
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               <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Collision Check</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Checks for collisions during the vertical transition move (from a point high above the hole to the hole top), as follows:</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">If the tool or the holder touches the part or check geometry, then it is a collision.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">If the holder touches the In-process workpiece, then it is a collision.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For more information on <b class="uiTerm">Collision Check</b> go to: Feature-Based Machining&rarr;General Feature-Based Machining&rarr;Optimization&rarr;Optimization Dialogs&rarr;Optimized_NC Dialog in the NX 4 help.
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               <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Vertical Clearance</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Allows an additional retract between two holes when there is an obstacle between them. Without this additional retract the tool would come close to the part.</p>
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               <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">In-process Workpiece</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">In Process Workpiece</b> (IPW) settings are:
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                     <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">None</b></p>
                     <p class="para_item">This is the default option.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Use 3D</b></p>
                     <p class="para_item">Adjusts the cycle <b class="uiTerm">RAPTO</b> (clearance distance) and <b class="uiTerm">RTRCTO</b> (retract distance) to the current IPW status. Select <b class="uiTerm">Collision Check</b> with <b class="uiTerm">Use 3D</b> and the collision check system references the current IPW for possible collision during transition moves.
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               <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Feature Resequence</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">For information on <b class="uiTerm">Feature Resequence</b> go to: Feature-Based Machining&rarr;General Feature-Based Machining&rarr;Optimization&rarr;Optimization Dialogs&rarr;Optimized_NC Dialog.
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               <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Edit Parameters</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">For information on <b class="uiTerm">Edit Parameters</b> go to: Feature-Based Machining&rarr;General Feature-Based Machining&rarr;Optimization&rarr;Optimization Dialogs&rarr;Minimizing Tool Travel .
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               <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Avoidance Geometry</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">For information on <b class="uiTerm">Avoidance Geometry</b> go to: Manufacturing Milling&rarr;Planar Cavity Milling&rarr;Machining Parameters&rarr; Avoidance.
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