Stepover page

Rough pass — Select this option to have a rough pass by default for all milling features.

Depth % — Enter the percentage of the tool Diameter to use for the Rough depth of cut. You can override the depth of cut value in several places.

Equal depth of cut — Enable this option to make each Z step equal depth.

Stepover Options button — Click this button to open the Rough Stepover Options dialog.

Semi-finish pass — Select this option to have a semi-finish pass by default.

Allowance — This is a facing parameter for the amount of material to leave after the roughing pass.

Bottom allowance — Enter the amount of material to leave on the floor of a milled feature. It applies only if Finish bottom is selected. The attribute, Finish allowance, controls the allowance on the walls of a feature.

Zig-zag angle — this controls the angle (measured from the X axis) of the direction of the facing passes. A setting of 0 cuts parallel to the X axis and a value of 90 cuts parallel to the Y axis.

Finish pass — Select this option to have a finish pass by default.

Allowance — Facing parameter for the amount of material to leave after the roughing pass.

No. of Passes — The number of duplicate finish passes to take. If you want to compensate for tool deflection, set No of Passes to more than 1.

Overlap — This applies to features defined by closed profiles and is the distance that the tool overlaps its starting point on the finish pass. The toolpath runs counter-clockwise.

Bottom Finishing — Click this button to open the Bottom Finish Options dialog.