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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">2 Pt Tangent</div>
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               <p class="para_td">This method causes a circular engage/retract movement to occur. It requires that you specify the angle with respect to the rough cut and a radius to indicate the size of the resulting circle. The resulting circular motion is tangential to the rough cut as well as the part geometry.</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">Two Point Tangent with Engage Angle of 180 and Retract Angle of 135 where EM = Engage Motion and RM = Retract Motion</div>
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