Use the 2D Curve Area Clearance strategy to area clear inside a closed curve using raster moves.
There are several pages associated with the Curve Area Clearance strategy:
- Curve area clearance — The main page used to define a curve area clearance toolpath.
- Cut distances — Settings to specify multiple passes.
- Finishing — Settings to specify a final stepover or stepdown depth of cut value.
- Draft — Settings to define toolpaths with draft angles.
- Rest — Settings to define rest machining.
- Offset —Settings to define offset area clearance styles. This page is available when you select a Style of Offset on the main page.
- Raster — Settings to define a raster area clearance style. This page is available when you select a Style of Raster on the main page.
- Vortex — Settings to define a Vortex area clearance style. This page is available when you select a Style of Vortex on the main page.
- 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.
- High speed — Settings for the smoothing options to avoid sharp changes in tool direction when high speed machining.
- Order — Settings to control the order of machining.
- Approach — Settings to control how the tool approaches the path.
- Automatic verification — Settings to automatically verify toolpaths on creation.
The remaining pages are common toolpath strategy pages.