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• APPROACH CLEARANCE—identifies the clearance of the tool as it
approaches the stock. Used with the Approach Angle to determine a vector
which defines how the tool moves toward the beginning of the profile. This
field appears when Turn Rough or Turn Finish is selected for the Operation.
• RETRACT ALONG PROFILE—select either YES or NO for the tool to follow
along the profile when retracting between Steps. Yes is the default. This field
appears when Turn Rough is selected for the Operation. The figure below
shows the tool path for both selections:
Figure 2–7. Tool Paths for Retract Along Profile selections
• RETRACT ANGLE—pulls the tool off the profile between steps along a vector
in the direction of retract angle, shown as 2 in Figure 2–12. Groove
Operation Cut Clearance and Retract Clearance example, on page 2 - 21, if
NO is selected for RETRACT ALONG PROFILE. This field appears for all rough
and finish operations.
• RETRACT CLEARANCE—identifies the distance that the tool moves away
from the wall, shown as 3 in Figure 2–12. Groove Operation Cut Clearance
and Retract Clearance example, on page 2 - 21, before moving at Rapid to
the start of the next pass. The default is 0.254 mm or 0.010 inch. This field
appears for all rough and finish operations.
• OVERRIDE TOLERANCE—overrides the default tolerance, 0.00254 mm or
0.0001 inch, for elements in the current profile when Yes is selected. The
ELEMENT TOLERANCE field is active when Yes is selected.
• ELEMENT TOLERANCE—identifies the amount of adjustment allowed if two
elements of a profile fail to meet or intersect. If this occurs, the elements can
be joined automatically if the required length is within this amount. The
default value is 0.00254 mm (0.0001 in.). The maximum value is 0.0254 mm
(0.0001 in.). This field is not available when No is selected in the OVERRIDE
TOLERANCE field.
Retract Along Profile Yes Retract Along Profile No
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