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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">CAM Express </b> role makes it easier for a new CAM user to learn how to use the manufacturing functions. Select the CAM Express role for:
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            <p class="para_item">Fewer options that make it easier to find what you need.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">A new setup palette. In this palette, all the setups create a new assembly for CAM that adds your work part as a component. Setups are available for 2-1/2 axis milling, mold and die milling, turning, and multi&ndash;axis milling.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Type</b> templates with fewer choices and simpler dialog boxes.
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            <p class="para_item">A toolbar to create the geometry that a CAM programmer needs:</p>
            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/cam_gen_express_geo.gif" border="0"></p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Points to define pre-drill or other points that were not modeled.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Basic curves to create or extend boundaries.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Rectangles to localize a tool path.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Blocks and cylinders to define basic blank stock.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">The CAM Express home page in the browser of the resource bar.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">A new CAM configuration.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">To select the CAM Express role:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the Resource Bar, click the<b class="uiTerm">Roles</b> tab <img align="bottom" src="graphics/nav_roles.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Industry Specific</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">CAM Express</b>.
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/cam_express_role.gif" border="0"></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">If you install NX CAM Express from the UGS Velocity Series, this will be your default.</p>
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