Remachining is used to automatically mill regions that were not cut by previous operations. You provide the diameter of the previous tool that was used to cut the part and FeatureCAM automatically determines the uncut regions and applies a toolpath to them.
Corner remachining is used to clean up corners that occur between non-tangential surfaces. Each corner edge is called a trace line. By using the options on the strategy page, you may cut in various directions relative to the trace lines.
Corner remachining is available in these different styles:
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Along — This style of remachining creates a corner toolpath which follows the trace lines.
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Across — Across remachining creates corner toolpaths that zigzag across the trace lines.
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Combo along and across — The combo corner toolpath creates a corner toolpath which produces
Across
toolpaths on the steep areas of the trace line and
Along
toolpaths on the shallow areas of the trace line.
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Multi-pencil — This creates a corner toolpath which follows along the trace lines. This is similar to along, but it behaves differently at intersections of more than two trace lines.
Along
Multi-pencil
Detection angle — only corners below the angle specified are found.
The tool used for the corner remachining must be smaller than the Previous tool diameter.