Limit specifies the area that you want to turn. This page contains the following:
Override stock — Select this option to use a selected curve as the stock profile. The following options are enabled:
Create pattern — Click to create a new empty pattern.
Selected pattern — Select a pattern from the list. If no pattern is displayed, or
is selected, then no pattern is selected. The list contains a list of all available patterns.
Curve Editor— Click to display the Curve Editor for the selected pattern. If no pattern is selected, <PRODUCT> creates a new pattern.
Select picked pattern — Click to select a pattern by picking in the graphics window, rather than by name in the
Select pattern list.
Clicking
displays the Pick Entity tab. Select a pattern in the graphics window to close the Pick Entity tab and display the pattern in the Selected Pattern field.
Collect curves — Click to copy the selected curves into the pattern. This provides a fast, powerful means of extracting curve geometry from a surface model and copying it into the active pattern/boundary. For more information, see the
collecting curves example.
Maximum stock radius — Select this option to set an upper limit on the stock radius for the toolpath.
— Click to select the maximum stock radius graphically.
— Enter the maximum stock radius.Minimum stock radius — Select this option to set a lower limit on the stock radius for the toolpath.
— Click to select the minimum stock radius graphically.
— Enter the minimum stock radius.Maximum Z — Select this option to set an upper limit along the Z axis for the toolpath.
— Click to select the maximum Z distance graphically.
— Enter the Z distance.Minimum Z — Select this option to set a lower limit along the Z axis for the toolpath.
— Click to select the minimum Z distance graphically.
— Enter the minimum Z distance.