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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Stock Parameters</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Stock</b> options determine the amount of material to remain on the part after the current operation. You can specify stock for the floor plane (<b class="uiTerm">Floor Stock</b>) or the interior/exterior part walls (<b class="uiTerm">Part Stock</b>). You can also specify an amount of material to remain after a final profile pass (<b class="uiTerm">Finish Stock</b>) which will remove some or all of any specified stock, and specify a safe distance (Minimum) for tool travel before or after the cut portion of the tool path.
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      <p class="para_topic">Stock Requirements can be defined at the boundary level, at the boundary member level, and at the group level, using <b class="uiTerm">Custom Boundary Data</b> (Planar Mlling). See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/bdry_custom.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Custom Boundary Data</b></a> for more information.
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      <p class="para_topic">The stock parameters available for an operation are determined by the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/mill_intro_processors.html');return(false);">processor</a>.
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               <p class="para_th">Stock Parameters</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Option</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Processor</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/com_millop_part_stock.html');return(false);">Part Stock</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Planar, Face, Contour Milling</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies an envelope of material surrounding the part geometry to remain after machining.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Wall Stock</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Face Milling</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Applies a unique stock to walls.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Used with Wall Geometry <img align="bottom" src="graphics/geomtype_walls.gif" border="0"> &nbsp;to override the global part stock.
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               <p class="para_td">See also: <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/face_wall_geom.html');return(false);">Wall Geometry</a></p>
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               <p class="para_th">Blank Stock</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Planar, Cavity, Face</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the distance the tool is offset from the defined blank geometry. <b class="uiTerm">Blank Stock</b> applies to blank boundaries or blank geometry that have a <b class="uiTerm">Tanto</b> condition.
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               <p class="para_td">For Face Milling:</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">If you select faces, the selected faces are actually blank boundaries, and the software offsets around the selected faces by the specified distance.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">If you select cut areas, the software offsets by the specified distance around the cut areas to account for extra material around the sides of the faces.</p>
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               <p class="para_th"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/comcut_blank_dist.html');return(false);">Blank Distance</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Planar, Cavity</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the offset distance applied to the part boundary or part geometry to produce the blank geometry.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Check Stock</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Planar, Cavity, Zlevel, Face, Surface Contouring</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the distance to position the tool from the defined check boundary (<b class="uiTerm">Create Geometry</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">MILL_BND</b>&rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Trim</b>).
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               <p class="para_td">Contour: The stock specified here only applies to those check entities which have the Default Stock option. Do not specify a negative <b class="uiTerm">Check Stock</b> value greater than the tool corner radius.
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               <p class="para_th">Final Floor Stock</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Planar, Face, Planar Profile</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Planar Milling: Specifies the amount of material to leave uncut on the floor of the pocket (Floor plane and the top of the islands) after completing the tool path.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Face Milling: Specifies the thickness of material to leave uncut above the face geometry. The total thickness of material to remove is the distance between the specified <b class="uiTerm">Blank Distance</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Final Floor Stock</b>.
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               <p class="para_th"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/comcut_floor_side_stock.html');return(false);">Part Floor Stock</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Cavity Milling, Zlevel, Corner Rough, Planar Milling, Face Milling</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the material remaining on the floor and is measured vertically along the tool axis.</p>
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               <p class="para_th"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/comcut_floor_side_stock.html');return(false);">Part Side Stock</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Cavity Milling, Zlevel</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the material remaining on the walls and is measured normal to the tool axis (horizontally) at each cut level.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Use Floor Same as Side</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Cavity Milling, Zlevel</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Sets <b class="uiTerm">Floor Stock</b> equal to the <b class="uiTerm">Part Side Stock</b> value.
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               <p class="para_th">Use Floor Same as Wall</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Fixed and Variable Contour, Contour Profile method</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Sets <b class="uiTerm">Floor Stock</b> equal to the <b class="uiTerm">Wall Stock</b> value.
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               <p class="para_th">Trim Stock</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Planar, Cavity, Zlevel </p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the distance to position the tool from the defined trim boundary (<b class="uiTerm">Create Geometry</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">MILL_BND</b>&rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Trim</b>).
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               <p class="para_th">Boundary Stock</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Surface Contouring - Fixed with Boundary Drive Method, Contour Milling, Fixed and Variable Contour </p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies an offset to control how much material is left along the boundary.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Tolerance &nbsp;Parameters</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Intol</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Planar Milling, Cavity Milling, Zlevel Milling, Face milling, Surface Contouring</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the maximum distance that a cutter can deviate from the intended tool path into the workpiece (violates the surface.)</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Planar Milling, Cavity Milling, Zlevel Milling, Face milling, Surface Contouring</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the maximum distance that a cutter can deviate from the intended tool path away from the workpiece.</p>
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               <p class="para_th"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgmilling/cont_pt_intol_outtol.html');return(false);">Part Intol/Part Outol</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Surface Contouring</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the allowable range the tool may deviate from the actual part surfaces.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Boundary Intol/Outol</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Surface Contouring</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the maximum allowable violation of the inside (left) or outside (right) of a boundary.</p>
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