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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Point to Point</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Point to Point creates tool paths for operations such as drilling, tapping, boring, counter-boring, and reaming. Other uses include spot welding, riveting, and any other operations in which a tool is to positioned to geometry, plunged into the part, and retracted.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The system generates tool path information which can be exported to create a Cutter Location Source File (CLSF). The CLSF is compatible with most controller and machine combinations via the Graphics Postprocessor Module (GPM). You must ensure that the cycle command statements produced by NX are valid for your postprocessor and machine tool combination.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">One term used repeatedly is operational clearance point. This is the point which marks the beginning and end of every cutting motion. It is also the point at which several auxiliary motions (such as engage and retract, rapid traverse, and avoid) begin and end.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The operational clearance point is a point directly above (i.e., normal to the part surface, or along the tool axis if it is not normal to the part surface) each cutter location point (CL-point) and is the Minimum Clearance distance above the part surface. If you do not specify a Minimum Clearance, the operational clearance point is on the Part Surface.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Typically, tool motion to the operational clearance point is at the Rapid or Engage traverse rate. Tool motion from the operational clearance point to the CL-point on the surface of the part and to the depth of cut is at the Cut Feed Rate. However, if a cycle is active, the system uses the feed rates you define in the Cycle Parameters menu instead of the Cut Feed Rate.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body"> NOTE: The Cut Feed Rate is used for Point to Point motions only when no cycle is active. When a cycle is active, the cycle Feed Rate specified in the Cycle Parameters menu is used instead.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Avoidance Geometry, Display Options, Machine Control, and Feeds are discussed in Common Options.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">After you have specified the desired Point to Point parameters, choose OK. The system then displays the Point-To-Point Geometry menu. See Geometry for details.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The following are the general interactive steps involved in a Point to Point operation:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Specify a tool.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Specify options such as cycle type, feed rates, engage and retract moves, part surface, etc.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Specify geometry parameters such as selecting points or holes, optimizing their order of machining, and avoiding obstacles.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Generate the tool path.</p>
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