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7.17.3.1 General procedure ........................................................................................................... 199
7.17.3.2 Setting the tolerance........................................................................................................ 199
7.17.3.3 Assigning the machining plane ........................................................................................ 199
7.17.3.4 Selecting the machining range / deleting the range and element ...................................... 200
7.17.3.5 Saving the DXF file ........................................................................................................... 201
7.17.3.6 Specifying a reference point............................................................................................. 202
7.17.3.7 Accepting contours .......................................................................................................... 202
7.18 Mold making view ........................................................................................................... 205
7.18.1 Starting the mold making view......................................................................................... 207
7.18.2 Adapting the mold making view....................................................................................... 207
7.18.3 Specifically jump to the program block ............................................................................. 208
7.18.4 Searching for program blocks ........................................................................................... 209
7.18.5 Changing the view ........................................................................................................... 209
7.18.5.1 Enlarging or reducing the graphical representation........................................................... 209
7.18.5.2 Moving and rotating the graphic ...................................................................................... 210
7.18.5.3 Modifying the viewport.................................................................................................... 211
8 Simulating machining........................................................................................................................ 213
8.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................... 213
8.2 Simulation prior to machining of the workpiece................................................................ 220
8.3 Simultaneous recording prior to machining of the workpiece............................................ 222
8.4 Simultaneous recording during machining of the workpiece ............................................. 223
8.5 Different views of the workpiece ...................................................................................... 224
8.5.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................... 224
8.5.2 Plan view ......................................................................................................................... 224
8.5.3 3D view ........................................................................................................................... 225
8.5.4 Side view ......................................................................................................................... 225
8.6 Editing the simulation display .......................................................................................... 227
8.6.1 Blank display.................................................................................................................... 227
8.6.2 Showing and hiding the tool path .................................................................................... 227
8.7 Program control during simulation ................................................................................... 228
8.7.1 Changing the feedrate .................................................................................................... 228
8.7.2 Simulating the program block by block ............................................................................. 229
8.8 Modifying and adapting the simulation graphics .............................................................. 230
8.8.1 Enlarging or reducing the graphical representation........................................................... 230
8.8.2 Panning a graphical representation .................................................................................. 231
8.8.3 Rotating the graphical representation............................................................................... 231
8.8.4 Modifying the viewport.................................................................................................... 232
8.8.5 Defining cutting planes .................................................................................................... 232
8.9 Displaying simulation alarms............................................................................................ 234
9 Creating a G code program................................................................................................................ 235
9.1 Graphical programming ................................................................................................... 235
9.2 Program views ................................................................................................................. 236
9.3 Program structure ............................................................................................................ 240
9.4 Fundamentals.................................................................................................................. 241
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