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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Specify Tool Axis options</div>
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               <p class="para_th">Line End Point</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Define two points, select an existing line, define a point and a vector</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Two Points</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Define two points using the point sub function</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Tangent To Curve</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Define axis tangent to a selected curve</p>
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               <p class="para_th">I,J,K Components</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Define a point relative to the origin of the Work Coordinate System</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Spherical Coords</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Key in two angular values; Phi and The ta</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Normal to Part Surf</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Perpendicular to the Part Surfaces at each contact point</p>
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               <p class="para_th">+ZM Axis</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Uses the I,J,K values (0,0,1)</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">When the tool axis is normal to the part surface, the tool axis is defined relative to the normal of the floor and the Machine Coordinate System (MCS) as follows:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">If the Z-axis of the MCS is perpendicular to the normal of the floor, then the tool axis is the normal of the floor.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">If the Z-axis of the MCS is not perpendicular to the normal of the floor, the tool axis is the normal of the floor that is most nearly aligned with the Z-axis of the MCS.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Refer to the discussion of Tool Axis in the Fixed and Variable Contour section of this documentation for details on these options.</p>
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