By default, the bottom is not finished. The roughing tool removes all of the material in Z. This is controlled by the Finish bottom attribute.
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Tool selection, after roughing, the roughing tool is used to finish the pocket. Select Use finish tool to choose a separate finishing tool (that has the same characteristics unless you override them).
The finish pass ramps onto the material with an arc equal to a percentage of the tool diameter, controlled by
Ramp diameter.
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Finish passes and overlap makes the tool go around the pocket a number of times set by Finish passes, and overlaps the starting point by an amount controlled by Finish overlap.
- To move the tool away from the finished wall, the finish pass ramps off using an arc of the same size as the arc used to ramp on.
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Retract removes the tool from the stock area and sets up for the next operation.