Position

Use the Position page to determine the location of the toolpath for Swarf finishing strategies. This page contains the following:

Base position — Select the position of the toolpath.

• Automatic — Select this option to drop the tool onto the part. If no surfaces are underneath the surface being "swarfed" then no toolpath is produced in that area.

  

  — Toolpath

  — Top pattern

  — Bottom pattern

• Top — Select this option to machine at the height of the Top pattern.

  

• Bottom — Select this option to machine at the height of the Bottom pattern.

  

• Workplane — Select this option to machine at the height of the workplane.

  

Workplane — Select the workplane which defines the Base position.

The workplane that defines the height.

Offset — Enter an offset value. PowerMill uses this value to offset the lowest position of the toolpath along the tool axis from the position defined in Base position.

An Offset of 0.

An Offset of 10.