Bottom Finish Options dialog

Open this dialog by clicking the Bottom Finishing button on the Stepover tab of Milling Machining Attributes.

Finish bottom — By default, the bottom of a feature is not machined during the Finish pass. Enable this option to finish the bottom of the feature with a flat endmill, up to the Bottom Radius, if the feature has one. You can enter a positive or negative value.

Wall pass — Enable this option to finish the bottom of the feature up to the Finish allowance on the wall, then finish the walls in a separate pass.

Note: Wall pass applies only to the finishing passes of milling features where the bottom is finished.

Finish allowance

Wall pass

Floor pass

If Wall pass is disabled, then the floor is finished all the way out to the wall in a single pass. The wall is not finished separately.

For OD/ID grooves if this attribute is selected, then the bottom is finished separately from the walls of the groove.

Finish allowance

Bottom

Wall

Wall finish allowance

Stepover — Select the stepover type for finishing the bottom of a milled feature.

Spiral % — This is the percentage of tool diameter to use for radial depth of cut for finishing the bottom of a milled feature when using the spiral method.

Zigzag % — This is the percentage of tool diameter to use for radial depth of cut for finishing the bottom of a milled feature when using the zigzag method.