Use the
Strategy
area to select the machining strategy you want to use:
- Raster — This strategy machines in passes back and forth along the X axis at a specified angle. If you select this strategy, enter the angle at which you want the tool to move in the
Angle box.
Select a
Profile Pass option:
- None — Select this option if you do not want the tool to profile the selected vector.
- First — Select this option if you want the tool to profile the selected vector first and then raster clear the area.
- Last — Select this option if you want the tool to move outwards to raster clear the area, then profile the selected vector.
- Offset — This strategy machines in repeated passes, each time moving inwards by the
Stepover value of the tool you use.
Note: You can see the stepover value of the selected tool when the machining parameters are displayed in the
Roughing
Tool area.
Select a
Cut Direction option:
- Climb — Select the option to rotate the cutter in the same direction as the feed motion. The option is selected by default.
- Conventional — Select the option to rotate the cutter in the opposite direction to the feed motion.
Note: Set the default cutting direction on the
Options panel.
Select a
Start From option:
- Outside — Select this option if you want the tool to cut into the material at the vector's boundary, then machine inwards.
- Inside — Select this option if you want the tool to cut into the material at the vector's centre, then machine outwards.