Use the profile toolpath to machine inside, outside, or along the boundary of selected vector artwork. This toolpath is ideal for cutting out letters and shapes from a material block.
Click the
Create Profile Toolpath
button on the
Toolpaths panel to display the
Profiling panel. Use the
Profiling panel to control:
- whether a selection of vectors, or the artwork on a specific vector layer is machined.
- where your tool cuts into and retracts from the material block by adding lead-in and lead-out moves.
- how your tool cuts into and retracts from the material block by adding ramping moves.
- the cutting direction of the tool.
- whether the machined vectors are cut or snapped-out from the material block by specifying the thickness of the final machining pass, or adding bridging.
After you have calculated the toolpath, you can simulate it.