The Stock page enables you to create drilling toolpaths that start at the top of the stock model so that you can drill holes from the start of the material, not the block, which minimises air moves. This page contains the following:
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Stock Model — Select a stock model from the list.
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Stock Model state —
This is the state of the stock material at a particular point in the machining process. If the currently active state in a stock model is a:
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Block — The stock model is the initial state of the stock, before any entities are applied to it.
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Toolpath — The stock model is the state of the stock, after applying a toolpath to the stock's previous state.
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Tool — The stock model is the state of the stock after applying a dense raster toolpath (automatically created using the tool).
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Detect material thicker than — Enter a value.
PowerMill ignores rest material that is thinner than this specified threshold.