Use the
Feature Rest Profile strategy to eliminate large terraces. Area clearance strategies carry out efficient volume removal with a large tool and then rest area clearance strategies use a smaller tool to rough areas of the feature set profile that the large tool could not reach, such as pockets and corners.
There are several pages associated with the
Feature Rest Profile strategy:
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Feature rest profile — The main page which contain settings to machine a feature using a rest profile strategy.
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Rest
— Settings to define rest machining.
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Step cutting
— Settings to define in-line rest roughing. This minimises terracing when creating area clearance toolpaths with a large stepdown. This is available when you select a
Stepdown of
Automatic.
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Cut distances
— Settings to control the number of profile cuts.
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Finishing
— Settings to perform a
Final Stepover and a
Final Stepdown which are different from the normal stepover and stepdown.
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Unsafe segment removal
— Settings to remove small toolpath segments.
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High speed
— Settings to control smoothing options to avoid sharp changes in tool direction when high speed machining. This page is only available for offset styles.
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Order
— Settings to control the order of machining.
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Approach
— Settings to control how the tool approaches the path.
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Automatic verification
— Settings to automatically verify toolpaths on creation.
Note: Cutter compensation is not available for rest machining strategies.
The remaining pages are
common toolpath strategy pages.