To Face with 2D Adaptive Clearing

In Inventor HSM, you can perform a facing operation using 2D Adaptive Clearing by doing the following:

1. On the Geometry tab, activate the Stock Contours check box, click the Stock selections button and select the stock contour for the facing operation.
   
   
   
   

   Selecting the stock contour

The resulting toolpath should look similar to that shown below:

2D adaptive toolpath for a facing operation