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--- quickstart:mycnc-quick-start:tangential-knife-setup [2019/07/02 11:37] – ivan
+++ quickstart:mycnc-quick-start:tangential-knife-setup [2019/07/02 13:51] – ivan
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   *Select your tool in the top section (Knife in this particular configuration, Half-Knife, Creasing Wheel and Camera can also be used).
   *Select your Tool Lift. This height will specify how high the knife will be lifted as it travels between parts.
+  *
   *Select your Working Height (usually left at 0)
-  *Insert any necessary commands into the Header/Footer fields. These are usually left blank, unless it is necessary to add some particular command to the G-code generated from the DXF file after the Tool Change. \
+  *Insert any necessary commands into the Header/Footer fields. These are usually left blank, unless it is necessary to add some particular command to the G-code generated from the DXF file after the Tool Change.
   *Choose your X-Y offset
   *If using multiple tools, such as a knife/creasing wheel combo, set up the priorities for the tools which correspond to the DXF file layers (so as to assign a correct tool to each layer). Press Save.
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+The DXF import procedure automatically generates the knife turn/knife lift G-codes which are inserted into the program, and which correspond with the settings listed in Config > Technology > Tangential Knife. This allows for easy set up provided the DXF file has been correctly modelled.