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modification for which a new CPL has been created to take advantage of the dimensioning scheme:
ZX Environment
This environment provides view ports and construction planes that simulate the orientation of a turned part
in a machine tool during manufacture. In the case of a lathe for example, it is usual to work in the ZX plane
where the Z axis is horizontal.
If a turned component is drawn in the XY plane, you can flip the component into the ZX plane using the
Transform, Transpose (Edit menu) command.
You can switch between environments when designing a part by selecting one of the XY Environment or
ZX Environment commands from the Options menu. These environments are mutually exclusive and the
active command is shown with a  tick againt it.
You can also select an XY or ZX Environment from within the Preferences (Options menu) command.
It is obviously easier to make the modifications to the part while working in the new CPL rather than in one
of the existing CPLs.
An unlimited number of CPLs can be created. When a CPL is created it becomes the current CPL and
remains active until another CPL is selected or created.
To create a new CPL
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There are two environments to choose from:
2. When changing from one CPL to another, the active Level is reset to zero. Enter a new level for the
CPL, if required, by entering a value or digitising an entity from which to take the level information.
XY Environment
This is the new distance from the CPL s original plane of definition at which entities are created.
This provides view ports and construction planes for constructing a part with respect to the usual X, Y, Z
This can be used to change the level of the current CPL if nothing is selected from the Name list
Cartesian co-ordinate system. This is the default environment when entering EdgeCAM. Typically, the XY
box. (The current level can also be changed from the Toolbar  or only the display of levels.)
environment is used for generating Milling, Wire and CMM components.
2. If the ZX environment is current, set the Input Mode. The input mode determines whether X axis
dimensions refer to Radial or Diametral values. If the mode is set to Diametral and the explicit co-
ZX Environment
ordinates X20Z20 are given, EdgeCAM takes the X value to be a diameter.
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Transform, Transpose (Edit menu) command.
You can switch between environments when designing a part by selecting one of the XY Environment or
ZX Environment commands from the Options menu. These environments are mutually exclusive and the
active command is shown with a  tick againt it.
You can also select an XY or ZX Environment from within the Preferences (Options menu) command.
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You see a warning if you edit a CPL that is the 'Initial CPL' of a machining sequence, as there are
commands are available. (These terms are explained later in this section.)
potential dangers. For example:
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If you rotate a CPL of a milling sequence so the geometry no longer lies in the plane of the CPL, the
cycles would fail to regenerate.
XY Environment
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