Ports

The Ports category on the Strategy Selector dialog contains the area clearance and finishing strategies required to machine a port (or tube).

Note: Port machining is only available for PowerMill Ultimate.

The port machining strategies are:

• Port Area Clearance enables volume removal of material inside a port. This strategy creates a toolpath by offsetting the model that it identifies as part of the port.
• Port Plunge Finishing enables plunge machining to finish the walls of the port. All plunge toolpaths are continuous 5-axis toolpaths.
• Port Spiral Finishing enables spiral machining inside a port.

Port machining:

• Creates toolpaths in a port (or tube).
• The toolpath retracts back safely up the port.
• An approximate centreline of the port is required.
• Only work with spherical tools (ball nosed and spherical tipped disc tools).

The common tabs are described in common toolpath strategy pages.

For more information on the Strategy Selector dialog, see Toolpath Strategies.