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      <p class="para_topic">Select this option to create or edit a WireEDM postprocessor. The system provides posts for three common wire EDM machine tools: Agie, Mitsubishi, and Charmilles. They contain all the G and M codes used to control standard WireEDM functions. They also contain the basic two and four axis motion.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">2 Axis</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Your post has two linear axes. </p>
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               <p class="para_td">When you select this option you get basic four-axis output that you need to customize for your machine. You may select either coordinate or angle output. For coordinate mode, the post will calculate the position on the upper plane where you need to have the wire to achieve the programmed tilt defined by the tool axis. For angles mode you get the basic Agie output. The post calculates the tilt along the direction of motion and the tilt perpendicular to the direction of motion. </p>
               <p class="para_td">When you select the Agie control, you get the Agie Q and R angle output. When you select Mitsubishi or Charmiles, you get the U and V output for the upper plane coordinates. </p>
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